Should Jehovah witnesses carry id cards?

Oh, blue, I'm quite polite when I tell them that their religion was invented so recently. I do try to get to the door instead of my roomie, because I don't care to have the house shake when she slams the door after them. But immagine, if you will, I'm standing there with a small kitten in my hand & this IDIOT is trying to "share a gospel" with me. I'm saying "now is not a good time" and she's saying "let me just hand you this paper." Is she really that stupid? Can't she see that my hands are already full? I need one hand to shut & lock the door again, I've got a squirming kitten in the other hand, where am I going to put that darn "Lighthouse"?

i think that may be the best answer yet! my uncle Alfred keeps a veil of sarcastic acid that he throws in thier faces. as they scream in pain as it bubbles in thier faces he calmly claims it was holy water. i think he tells me porkys!

Maybe here in Arizona we have gotten very used to the missionaries from various religions coming to the door, so it's really not that big of a deal. I don't think we should be rude to them, though. That makes the person answering the door look bad in my opinion.

i suffer from them every week! boy, do they not take a hint!

@IreneVincent Nobody regardless of purpose is allowed to go door to door in the part of the US where I live, which is a gated community on private property. Freedom of speech and freedom of religious expression do not guaranty the right for someone to enter someone else's private property. That is trespassing and against the law.

Jehovah's Witnesses are in every state of the U.S. Look in your telephone book for their Kingdom Halls. They are allowed to go from door to door. It's guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States as well as the 240 other countries in which they go from door to door. There are over 8 million Jehovah's Witnesses around the world in over 110,000 congregations. I don't know where you live, but there's probably a Kingdom Hall near you.

to true!!

Going from door to door is what Jesus and his disciples did, preaching about the Kingdom of God. That's EXACTLY what Jehovah's Witnesses are doing. Christians are supposed to be FOOTSTEP FOLLOWERS of Jesus. That means to walk in his footsteps and DO what HE did.

lol

haha just after i posted this two jehovah's knocked on my door with a daft booklet how strange lol

Oh oh, maybe it's a sign from God. I'm kidding, totally kidding!

@IreneVincent When I worked for the city of Marlboro Ma. we all had to have ID badges because there were people trying to get into houses saying that they were employees of the city. Anyone that is legally entitled to go into a house should have no problem with having an ID.

you are bang on!

So the mailman, the UPS driver, the FedEx driver, the Diamond Springs Water deliverer, those who deliver furniture, the meter reader and the cable guy, should all have police IDs. Really?

This is the first time I have ever seen anyone make such a delicious pun on Hannibal Lecter's name, and if anyone were to be allowed to lecture at my door it would be him, but I tell you that old woman was much scarier. Just as Beowulf's mum was the more awesome of monsters, this woman who came proselytizing near our country home could have been Hannibal's mum. Ah, but she was no match for MY mum. Shhlurp!

i sit corrected!

ohhh! i have just pictured anthony hopkins as hannibal lecture talking about the silence of the lambs at my front door with a copy of watchtower and a rather attractive black suit!

indeed I have.

you have the right outlook. Have you changed the colour of your sexy stiletto?

Jehovah's Witnesses are not trying to "convert" you, they are bringing to you an important message about God's kingdom. A person converts himself. No one can convert another person. Matthew 24:14 says: "And this good news (gospel) of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth, for a witness and then the end will come." There are over 8 million Jehovah's Witnesses in over 240 countries of the earth in over 110,000 congregations and they are ALL going from door to door in whatever country they live, telling people about the kingdom of God and giving a witness about God and what HE plans to do in the near future. Read about some of their experiences at They publish literature in over 700 different languages so that all people can hear this message about the kingdom. People PRAY for this "kingdom to come, and for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven," when they pray the Lord's Prayer. But, most of these people, don't realize that that's what they are praying for and that Jehovah's Witnesses are bringing this message to their door, just like Jesus and his disciples did. Jesus said that "before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats." Matthew 25:32-46 shows that how persons treat his disciples is important.

thanks and your welcome

you are a ray of light. thanks for that.

And what are they? They dress modestly and professionally and they are polite and serious. They use their own cars and pay for their own gasoline and do not get paid for going from door to door. They are busy people, who work and raise families, but who still devote some of their time to go out and talk to people about God's kingdom. Why do they do that? Because Jesus commanded his disciples to do that at Matthew 28:19, 20 but also because they CARE about what is going to happen to persons who ignore what the Bible says. They encourage persons to READ their own Bible and learn what God has to say about the "last days." Do you think its easy to do this ministry that they do? Could you do it? Would you do it? Do you think its important to follow Jesus' commandments.

if they have id, ask for proof of jehovah. that should keep them at the door for a while!

@xboxboy Do you know who Jehovah is? If not, you better find out before it's too late.

Do you know who Jehovah is? Psalms 83:18

we do not have mormons in my town. and i can assure you the JW are not little old ladies!! i think im falling in love with your wife's attitude!! (no, i will not barter for her!)

@xboxboy Jehovah's Witnesses are all ages and both men and women. There are over 8 million Jehovah's Witnesses in the world, in over 240 different countries and over 110,000 congregations. About 250,000 are baptized around the world every year.

I don't think I've ever actually known anyone who had a jehovah's witness come to their door, yet alone ask them to come in.

i guess i am more concerned for the elderly who might seek the company. and that would be perfect pray for the conmen of this world. but yeah, i get where your coming from with the 'most folk don't let them in' comment!

Oh, we get them at our door at least once per month in the nicer weather. And we get the Mormon missionaries. I have enjoyed my talks with both, even though I don't believe in organized religion.

you are spot on goodsign. sometimes i feel they use thier religion to gain entry by guilt association. best just to buy a lion for such occassions!

oh my....LOL!!!

@xboxboy Guilty about what? Jehovah's Witnesses are doing what Jesus told ALL his followers to do. Matthew 28:19, 20 They have no reason to feel guilty about what they are doing.

i understand what you are saying, sadly for the conmen of this world it would be only to easy to bluff the talk and gain access. i hope i am wrong!

I totally understand your point, and I do understand that there are con men out there. That is very sad to me. I guess I just don't want to believe that everyone coming to my door is a con man. I'd never answer my door again! LOL

@xboxboy If you want to know if the person is one of Jehovah's Witnesses, ask them what congregation they attend, and what circuit they are in. Con men don't know the answer to those questions.

apparently the psycho was a perfectly normal person until they had to sit and listen to this shite for 2 hrs! just kiddin'!

yeah, it is scary for the elderly. i would love to hear from a jehovah on this one!

@xboxboy Do you even know who Jehovah is? Psalms 82:18 says "That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth." Jehovah is the Almighty God's name. Do some research. Jehovah's witnesses, witness for HIM, by going from door to door, just like Jesus and his disciples did. Acts 20:20 You don't read the Bible, do you?

i totally agree!

Jehovah's Witnesses use the same WAY that Jesus and his disciples used. So, I guess you don't like Jesus' WAY. Acts 20:20 Going from house to house.

you are right! safety for the elderly!

i think if you print up some 'merry xmas' t-shirts and refuse to speak to them unless they wear it, that would work!