jehovah's witnesses

I agree with you. It is totally obnoxious. It is okay if you have your beliefs, but don't try to shove them down my throat. They truly believe they have to try and save everyone, it's totally drilled into their heads. I don't have an issue with them or with any religion, but if I want to convert, I will. No one is going to change my mind. My dad used to pretend as though he was working for someone else at his own home (on a car or whatever), then he would say "time is money" and they would apologize and leave. When I see them coming, I let my dog loose in the yard. They leave pretty quickly, he is as large as a great dane.

well in my country the majority of the Christians are roman Catholics so it is quite obvious for us to have statues at our place, and once one such Jehovah witness people came to our place and said stop idol worshiping and remove all these idols from your alter, well i don't understand we have been placing images of Jesus and cross on the alter since a long time and we don't find any problem with it, then why do some people just come up and request you to do such things.....we clearly told them we were baptized once and are happy with it, we don't wish to get converted to any other sect in Christianity......after all we all worship the same god, don't we ?

I am atheist so you can only imagine how annoying they are to me. One day when I was living in the country miles from civilization I had two women knock on my door and try to "save" me. I politely got rid of them. A week later my hubby and I pull into the driveway and their is 5 of them in a van waiting to visit me. I set my hubby loose on them and they never returned. I guess they thought I was alone and vulnerable. I really have nothing against beleivers but leave me alone...

Just tell them you've been disfellowshiped from some distant town's Kingdom Hall, works everytime. They are not allowed to be around someone who has been disfellowshiped.

My solution to people knocking on my door and trying to cram their religions down my throat is just this. I tell them that I am a satinist (which I am not but it doesn't matter) and that when I go to hell I will finally be privilaged to sit next to my lord so stop trying to save my soul, I want to go to hell. That usually works, they look at you really weird and almost run away from you.

Any religion that has to tout itself door to door like double glazing salesmen with prayer books just isn't worth following in my book. And I don't like that they'll let their kids die rather than allow a blood transfusion. We used to get a lot of them when we lived in England, as we were near a Kingdom Hall. Somebody told me that they don't like being sworn at, so I tried that, and it worked. I suppose we were in the book as, 'They're going to cop it on Judgement Day, don't bother with them any more.' Here in Spain, we have security gates all around our urbanisation, so nobody can get in unless we let them in or they have a key. My intercom rang a couple of weeks ago, and this lady told me she needed to come in to see some people. I let her in, and then she started God Bothering my neighbours. I marched over to her and said, 'I didn't let you in here to pester my neighbours, so clear off!' She looked at me all patient and good and said, 'Jesus calls us to spread his message.' That did it! I said, ' Well tell Jesus to call you somewhere else. F*** off - nobody here is interested.' She went!

I'm with you. It really bothers me when they make you feel bad for not wanting to listen to them. it really bothers me though when they keep trying to ask you when they can see you are busy. I have 3 small children. I answered the door with one hanging on my leg, another screaming in the background and one trying to escape out the door. They still tried to ask me about it and wanted me to listen to them! So now I just keep a watch out. We don't answer the door till we see who is out there and if we see them coming we shut out the lights and pretend we aren't home.

I don't like it when anyone knocks on my door trying to sell me something...an idea, a vaccuum...whatever. My time is valuable and, most importantly, it's mine to spend as I please. We had a couple of ladies who stopped by several times a couple of years ago even though I told them that we're Catholic and that their beliefs are in direct conflict with ours. I was polite the first couple of times. After that I left a big German shepherd chained up on the front porch on Saturday mornings.

I am Catholic and have was in Catholic schools for 14 years, all with the requisite religious training.I can not say I am real religous now and I may not be able to quote much from the bible, but know enough religious dogma to out argue them. I also came to know recently from a friend who studied with them 10 years (but then wized up and came back to being a zealous Catholic) that they actually discard passages from the bible they do not agree with and also change the syntax of some verses thereby giving it a new meaning. Armed with that knowledge I can hassle them back. And now they no longer come to my door for that reason.

Badgering people is an important part of their religion. I'm sure they call it something that sounds more polite but it's essentially badgering. Luckily I never seem to be home when they come calling so I just get the propaganda in the mail box - which is located conveniently over the garbage can so in it goes. I did actually read some of it once and I found it quite disturbing. The odd time they do come to the door I just don't answer it, they can see me going about my business in the house but I just pretend they aren't there. A 'no soliciting' sign on the door would be an idea too.

Yes I don't want anyone trying to change my religious beliefs. How I deal with it is I just don't answer the door! Simple as that!

They are big in the area where my parents live. Have you ever noticed that they only come out when it is sunny, never on a rainy day? Anyway, here's a few options. 1) Don't answer the door, if you look out and see them, just don't bother...its your door and you certain don't have to open it if you don't want to. 2) If you do answer the door, just tell them you are not interested and shut the door in their face. Don't waste your time even engaging them in conversation, these people are like car salesmen and are trained in bone gnawing!

here in our place also every Saturday Jehovah's wittiness buzzing our doorbell more than 5 times until they get your attention . i can say to them they must talk only to the people who is available in the street not disturbing people inside the house

When the Jehovah's Witnesses' come to my house it's usually on a beautiful sunny spring day when I'm out in the sun after a long, grueling, arctic winter. When they reach me, I tell them I must go in the house because I have a roast in the oven, and I lock the door behind me. They eventually hit the road. Life is too short to argue with them. I hope this helps.

I never get more than one visit from Jehovah's Witnesses. I think it is because I invite them in and then I tell them my religious views. We talk about the Bible and I explain why I think they are wrong about what they believe. If one of them seems interested in what I am saying, the other will drag him or her out of my house as soon as possible. Within a few minutes they become uncomfortable and leave. Then my house is "marked" and they don't send any more there, because they don't want me to indoctrinate their believers. If I want a new set of JWs, I have to move again.

it happened to me many times too... sometimes i go nicely with them, since i like reading those newsletter they are giving even though we dont have the same faith. others are nice and wont push... but there are others really that wont stop but instead would go on a debate on how they are and how wrong i am. there were times, that i nod and say im not interested with it, and we have different faith, i dont want to be rude, but really there's no point debating with faith and beliefs...

-Sigh- I was reading all of the posts and at first I wasn't going to respond, but I just have to say this much. I understand where you all are coming from when ya'll say that they are annoying, beacuse really and truly some of them can be. But it just depends on the person's way of thinking and stuff. I was raised up in this religion, so I know all of the reasonings, beleifs, descrepancies, etc. There are quite a few people who take things way too far, like the ones who like to shove things down throats, ring the doorbell 20 times, argue, and things of that nature. I don't like that myself, but its up to them to fix it so that they could actually have people listen to them. It's just that JWs are trying to let everyone know out there that this system is coming to an end and all that good stuff, and all they want is for people to listen and try to get right with Jehovah. They are also commisioned to spread the word like Jesus did for their own sakes also, so that they could have at least tried to save someone from the impending "end of this system". Also, the reason why they always come back a few weeks or months down the line is that the person might have changed their mind or something like that. Beleive me, it happens all the time. I'm not defending the people who take it to unnecessary levels, because they really do need to chill out with that stuff. I completely hate it because it tarnishes the name of JWs. For instance, I hate the fact that there is Field Service (thats what going out and knocking on your door is called) at like 9 in the morining, i think that it should start at 12 and after. But hey, that's just me. I'm just going to defend the name and all of the JWs who are actually doing it right by being nice, being courtious, tactful, and respectful of people's boundries. Right now I don't claim to be one because of my own circumstances at the moment, but I do feel the need to at least try to explain it to people. My advice to you would be just to tell them that you aren't interested and stress that you don't want them to come back. Ever. They will probabbly put you on a do not go list and pass your house up. You don't have to do any of the other things unless you reaaaly want to get a kick out of it. That's all I have to say on that one...

That was a really good discussion.. i had gone through similar situation, we used to have a jehovah witnesses group as my neighbours.. they bring people to my house and give their own bible. we cant afford to be rude cause they were out neighbours. they call us to their church,that is something my family would never do. we belive in christianity(trinity) and we are not regular church goers. i strongly believe in God. but i cant stand people who are so judgemental and forces things on me. we simply told them, we do not belive jehova witness and no matter how many times you come to our door step and force us to read your books, we r not going to change. actually they get offerings from us for every visits and prayers. we stopped that also

I got one that keeps on coming. Luckily, I figured out when they come so I make sure my door is closed. I feel the same way you do. Does knocking on doors really help convert people? I don't think so. I figure that people are educated people and that they understand about God but they talk to you like you know nothing about religion. I know this stuff and just because you go door to door doesn't mean that others don't know too. I know their job is to go door to door to spread the message, but they might as well be door to door salesmen because ultimately that is what they are doing.

I couldnt agree with this post more.