Leave me alone.

ooohh man oh man if they came knocking at my door at that time of day I would be LESS THAN pleasant.....Normally I'm very polite and proper when dealign with them (gotta love how they bring a child with them around here like its goin to encourage me or some damn thing LOL) but if you mess with my morning I'll be very cranky with you...not because i'm sleepign (I get up disgustingly early every day) but you'll set off my dogs which will wake up the REST of the family and THAT will tick me off! Whats funny though, when i was in Canada, a group of door knocking teens came to the house one afternoon and then a group of older folk came peddlign their religion and I informed both that I wasnt interested to which of course they asked why and I told them I am Pagan.."Pagan? whats that?" they asked....I smiled and said "I'm a Witch"...both groups got wide-eyed, said "oh!" and shuffled off rather quickly....well every time they were in the neighbourhood after that (which was fairly frequently) they literally WIDE CIRCLED my house!! LOL it was priceless!!

I sometimes think I have "Please preach at me" tattooed on my forehead or something, because it does seem that I run into a lot of these people. I do have the luck of living on the second floor of what looks like a regular house but is actually two apartments, so people wouldn't really think to come upstairs and knock on my door. However, when I was younger there were always people showing up at my door to proselytize. I used to run to my great-grandmother's house and warn her they were coming while they were making their circuit. We would prepare a nice ritual scene for them, way over-the-top, and we only ever got members of each religious group at her house once. =p I think there should be a law against any kind of door-to-door soliciting, religious or otherwise. However, I'm sure there are people who think that would be damaging their freedom of religion rights, which in their opinion include forgetting everyone else's rights.

..I likely wouldn't answer the door.. if we do talk, I usually tell them my theory of how the christian message has lost something over the 2000 years.. and also picked up some baggage along the way.. they become convinced I am a heretic and not very well intentioned at that, and don't send me anymore of their workers.. whcih actually I am well intentioned, and believe all things consist of some truth and some error.. and tolerance for all.

It never ceases to amaze me how cruel and hateful people are. People with your attitude are the reason the world is going to hell in a hand basket. Maybe you need to go to Iraq, they would probably appreciate you.

When they showed up at my brother's door, if they were male, he'd make a pass at them. Hell yeah, they ran.

You really had a knack for hating anything. But there's nothing wrong with it - some people just needs to be left alone minding their own business. I was just wondering, do you live in an area where every religous denomination has a church or temple? Man, it really will drive me nuts to have someone knocking the door every now and then asking me to partake in their religious activities. One odd experience for me was when I was watching on my pc an episode of the National Geographic regarding the other prophets that lived in Jesus's time that could have been rivals of him. I myself have been having doubts about any religion lately, so it was no big deal for me to watch. Midway through the whole program somebody called - and guess what, it was some layman asking me to join a catholic group. he even asked me to pray with him on the phone. Now, what was that? Am I being detected somewhere as someone needing help? Man, i could have just hung up but i was not in a rude mood that day. :)

I usually have this very unique view that I like to toss at these religious fanatics. I'm also surprised that no one's called the local mental institution to have me committed. The view that I toss around is that the reason taht there are so many religion is because we got visited by advanced beings from outer space, & because their technology was so advanced compared to the knowledge & technology at the times, they were seen as gods & prophets because of the said advanced technology that seemed to easily accomplish things that was impossible, or at least very tough to accomplish with ease, at that time.

whew.. It's a good thing that religious people here do not try to convert others into their religion. While there are some who roam the streets, they do not knock on doors as early as 8am. Maybe you could put a sign on your door that says "I'm not interested to convert into another religion" or something like that.

Don't you just love it, you are just sitting down to a meal and*ding dong* goes the door bell. And there they are, all dressed up in suits. That's usually the time when I politely point to the small pentagram sticker I have on my door. If they don't take this on board, then I indicate the larger and rather pretty pentagram I have on the hall wall. If they still don't get the message then that's the time I simply say, "I'll come over to your place just as you are sitting down to a meal, and we can talke about my religion"

They just want you to be saved and know the Lord. That is all. It is out of concern that they do this...(most of them anyway). I am a Christian and I pray for those who don't know the Lord and I love to talk about Him. God bless.

I don't about the horse and all that craziness, but my sister is a JW and she just wants to be right about everything. No one else is right except them, which in and of its self is a sign of insanity. But, do what my cousin did one morning. Invite them in, if and only if he can minister to their children. That was not acceptable to them.

i hate religions. and i love humanity and helpful character. religious matters? it drives me nuts!

It will make me headache. One day, i was on the way to deal with something. Then i met a nun, she presented me a amulet and put it on my hands, I felt very happy. But the second thing she show to me is a book. There are some names and after them are the mount they donate. she asked me i must sign on it and give them money. I felt so headache, at last, I donate 20 yuan and a bottle of water.

I think that most of us at one time or another have been bombarded by the religous community at least once. I personally do not like it either, but I understand that is part of their religion to try to convert people and bring faith to new members.

well i don't have that problem once time in a year they appear but i only say that i don't want to talk about religion so they go away...but i think they knock doors because is like their work and they really believe in what they say!

Ok, ok...I know how to the fix this problem. Many years ago while living in a different State, the Jehovah Witnesses would come-a-knockin' two or three times a month. Very annoying. So when we moved and built our new home, my hubby built the front and back porches with a slight tilt away from the door. I pointed out to him that the porches were not level. He said, "That is so the Jehovah Witnesses will fall off the porch if they come again." We have never had any more problems with bible thumpers on the the doorstep since.

Some people don't have the common sense to know when they're disturbing others. It's a shame that you got someone bugging you in your door at 8am on a saturday morning. If they want to preach it's cool, they have churches, mosques, sinagoges etc for it, but they should respect the rest of us and let us do what we want, wether that includes going to church or not.

gods,yes.and they wake up my mother-who is ill even though i have a no solicitors sign. my brother had THE ultimite way to chase them off though.he answered the door in his work clothes (he was a butcher,they were bloody).those people were tripping over each other to get off the porch :) cruel,but so is waking up a sick old lady.

Are they really there at 8am or are you exagerating? I have them come to my door in the afternoon sometimes. Most people I know won't answer when they come to the door. I've heard friends talk about hiding when they knock on the door. I think that's pretty silly. Most of the time I will answer the door. If they ask to come in, I tell them no, or I can't I'm busy. They usually just leave a little booklet then go on their way. For some reason, I just don't get pissed off about this like most people do. I know they are just trying to do what their bible tells them to do. Spread the word of God. In their mind they are not doing any harm, they are doing something good. I try not to judge others either for their lack of religion or their overabundance of religious enthusiasm. Life is too short to be angry over every little thing. Sure they are annoying, but they usually leave fairly quickly.

Yeah I know exactly what you mean. Im not a religious person at all - but I respect other religions, and I would never try to convert someone to my way of thinking. How is it okay for them to come to my door on a sunday at 8am, and start handing me panphlets? Would the like it if I went to their door and starting telling them that religion, in my opinon is pointless? It should be against the law for them to disrupte people in that way.