Jehovahs Witnesses

I really try to be polite becasue even though they area annoying theyre not trying to be. I listen the their intorduction and ask them to go away. Usually they do but soemtimes im stuck with the odd one that wont take no for an answer. This is when i begin to get irratated and reciprocate in an appropiate manner. Ive never actually yelled at one but i have closed the door on a few. I wish just once i could go find out where they live and give them a taste fo their own medicine.

Well ive got to say that the Jehovahs who come around my way are lovely..and no im not one myself!!! But i couldnt ever be rude to them..no way...I usually just say Hi..and let them leave their leaflet...it doesnt cost anything.

I usually just take their magazine and don't get into a long conversation with them. The magazine always ends up in the garbage but I take it so I won't hurt their feelings. Most of them are very nice people but I just don't share their beliefs.

Growing up in my home... there was a Jehovah's witnes church nearby... and almost every saturday or sunday... they would come knocking at our gate... and offer magazines... it would have been great if they were free... but they charged a certain amount... we never let them in... but once in a while i get a magazine a pay... and this will make my mother very very angry...

I have been caught out by them many a time and they have tried to convert me many a time, but now I look out of the window to see who is knocking, as where I live now I can see who is at the door without them seeing me! So now I just do not answer the door, and you can tell who they are just by the way they look and dress, and there is always 2 of them!

I have on many occasions had JW's knock on my door. I just tell them that I am a spiritualist and do not wish them to force their beliefs on me thanks. They still attempt to sell or offer me their booklets like the watchtower! I once invited a JW lady inside my home as she and her toddler were drenched after been caught in a downpour. We chatted - she explained her belief and I explained my spiritual path. For a good few months thereafter she would just 'pop' in for tea with her little one. Until...one day..her son wandered off into my son's bedroom and came out with a water pistol in his hand. This woman slapped this toy right out of her child's hand..child went flying in the process! She went off about not wanting her child to be subjected to such evil toys as there was already enough violence in the world and that 'parents' who give their children such toys are no good parents! I picked her son up, put him back into his pram and told her to get the hell out of my home and not return again! I told her outright that she needed help! Her son was not even old enough to know what the water pistol was to start off with and yet she punished him for touching it! Talk about child abuse! I wonder if her Jehovah is going to let her be one of the 'chosen thousands' to go to this so called heaven???? Now I dont take nonsense from them i simply tell them i am a spook lady thanks and goodbye and close my door!

I usually invite them and discuss Jesus with them. I like to talk to them about going door to door. They try to tell me Jesus went door to door and I have to tell them that He didn't, he went town to town and people were naturally drawn to Him. Could you imagine getting a knock on the door and it's Jesus? I usually end up making friends, telling them that I will read their magazines if they really want to leave them but I won't "study" with them and won't go to their church. They are just too organized for me and I'm not about to go door knocking with them.

Once they have identified themselves I simply tell them that I am a Christian and I believe differently than they do. Once that is said they never try to prove their point, they just leave. I do the same thing when Mormons knock on my door. Truthfully though I haven't seen a Jehovah's witness at my door in years.

Yes, it is kinda cute when you can give them back some of their own medicine. It depends on how busy I am and what mood I'm in how I experience the Jehovahs Witnesses. There were some who used to come to our house and try to give us their literature to read. I usually Just take it and thank them and say Bye now, and they leave.

I politely tell them that I am not interested. They usually try to leave me a book to read and in the past I have taken them and even donated money to them but that usually ensures that they will be back. Now I refuse the books...I have read them and If I want to learn more, I will find the answers on my own time.

Hi Hatley, I just try to get rid of them as quickly as possible. A few years ago I read some of their writings and got to know a little about their beliefs. I found nothing at all in it. Now I tell them that, and ask them to take their message to someone else. Blessings.

hi hatley my reply to a JW or christisn when they come to my door is 'i have my own faith, i dont go around preaching my faith to others and dont expect you to preach to me thank-you--more often than not that makes them leave-they really annoy me anyway JW's have already made up there own mind that heaven is full and the rest of us will be going hell!! what kind of religion is that? littleowl

We recently moved to a smaller house, and every two months it seems they stop by. The first time I answered the door and they went on and on about women and abuse, how reading their newsletter would save me. I took their pamphlets was kind and polite, and threw them out once they left. When they came a month or two after, I had just gotten out of the shower threw on my robe... and mas quite frustrated. Thinking that my attire would cue them into thinking it was a bad time... Well it didn't and they started babbling. I told them they were just here a month ago, and asked them why they were here again. Then I told them I was being polite the first time, and to be honest, I just threw out their stupid cult brochures. My soul is not for sale.

I used to break out the Bible and Debate their interpretation, then I have just gotten to where when they introduce themselves I say, "Please leave, and have a great day." That works, with no mess no fuss.

what i don't get is why everybody opens their door to them in the first place? i understand not everyone has the luxury of a peephole, but...if i look out the peephole and don't recognize the person standing there, and am not expecting a visit, i just don't answer. i do wish there was a 'no call list' though, like what they have to avoid getting telemarketing phone calls ;)

I do the same thing that I do when Mormons or Baptists come to the door. I don't go to it. Or if I do, I shut it and walk off when I figure out who they are. I know where all the churches are...if I want to go, I will. I don't need someone coming to my home preaching at me. If I wanted to hear it I would go to church.

I am not a JW but I am very fond of our local chap. he comes round every Sunday regular as clockwork. He gives us his magazine, we have a laugh and off he goes. He doesn't try to convert me, but I expect that he lives in hope,and although he takes things a little seriously at times he has a good sense of humour. In a perverse way I quite like him to come calling. Tells me that all is well in the World.

I usually tell them my beliefs are different than theirs. I had some show up around christmas and once they seen my tree they were done.

try to get rid of them of course i mean dont they have anything better to do with there time than trying to convert the world to there religion i really believe that religion has nothing to do with it once you live your life in a good way then its all good religion causes half the warsd in the world man

We don't have them anymore, relatively few of them out here in our neck of the woods. But when we did get them.. I didn't tolerate them for long. If I said sorry, I'm not interested and they didn't get the hint, I very clearly stated that I would be slamming the door in 3 seconds. My boyfriend, however, merely answered the door in his boxers with a "we're not $()O#ing interested!!". Seeing as he's a 6'6" large man with facial hair and a daunting scowl, they usually just turned and walked away... we did this only with repeat offenders though.