Please make it stop
 

I don't know what has started it back up again but I have had 4 diff. visitors from THIER selected religion knocking on my door in the last 3 days. I had managed to end the harasment about 10 years ago by answering the door naked. for some reason I have blipped back up on the radar of needing salvation in all forms. I have spam filters on my computres, my phone numbers are on the do not call list, I no longer recieve an offer for all the credit cards, how much bell ringing do I have to endour before the clothes come back off?
Befor I get pumled by the religious right, I have no problem with religion,being Roman Cathloic, I have been through alot (great workout every sunday). I also subscribe to the notion that everybody has the right to chose(or not) the religion of thier choice, Im just tired of it coming to my home unsolicited.
End of rant, I'm going to load the shotgun. :)

makes me wonder if there's a Watchtower forum about "whats the strangest thing you've seen spreading the word?"

Re: Please make it stop
 

As a Christan and a American I agree with you, they have no right to invade your space. Tell them to go pound sand... or better yet tell them they are members of a religious cult and in league with Satan.

Best of luck.

Re: Please make it stop
 

Get behind me Satan!!!


All kidding aside the JW's knock on your door not to peddle their religion but because they are trying to be like Christ. In the bible Christ went from city to city to preach the word of god. The 21st century version of this is knocking on doors.

I think they all post on their equivalent of PP, and share addresses.

We had a lady come to the door this week. She told my wife she needed to meet 10 friendly people that day. She(wifey) had two used diapers in her hands and both kids were throwing fits. My wife looked at her and said "Yeah, now's not a good time for me to be friendly". What the heck?! She apparently went around to the neighbors too.

Have you ever showed up to their church showing everyone the one-eyed snake?

On the other hand,.... a less extreme manuever might be to tell the church you don't want the visitation.

I invite them in and talk, and talk and talk. Heck I can wear out any JW, Mormon or Moonie. What the heck, send a Minister over and a gaggle of corus members and I'll wear their arse out as well. My rambling practice here has taught me well!

Why not just answer the door nekkid once again and be over with it all? Well, at least for another 10 years...

Someone from the local church *where we attend* came around recruiting. They *still* heall my wife captive for a half hour, while I hid in the garage. She's friendlier than I am.

I have had several pastors stop by while I'm in the garage. Must be the swearing attacts them. :D

Mike,
We had that award in Speech - The Silver Throat Award. "The ability to say the most about the nothing"

Join the club!

After working in Utah - I kind of missed the place - when I would see the Morman kids in my NYC neighborhood I would stop and ask them where they were from. They were surprised and happy to talk about home to say the least. As soon as the conversation would turn, I would beg off and go on my way..
As for as people knocking on my door or preaching in the subway - I really don't care as long as they dont bite.

AFAIK If you tell Mormon's or JW's you are already a member of a church (Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, etc.) they will go away.

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Not to be picky but Jesus went from city to city and people would come to him... he didn't go house to house.

The way I see it there are plenty of churches in America if someone is interested in knowing more about religion they can drop on by.

And I just get the poor high school kids bussed down from Chicago selling magazine subsriptions.

10 more years of cheeseburgers may have a bigger impact on the chosen ones! go for it.

they have left me alone. i had a nice string for awhile. polite "no's" seemed to work.

When the Mormons come, I smile and say

"I, Nephi, being of goodly parents...."

and slowly close and lock the door.

( was born and raised only about 20 miles from the town where Jos. Smith lived, and I have attended the annual Pageant twice...a very awesome spectacle. You get used to the "Now that you know the truth.....").

Just as an idle thought that I have never got a rational answer to:

The angel in the Book of Mormon is "Moroni". So why the additional "m" in the religion's name?

I have various magazine companies calling me up almost everyday to keep me on the subscription list. It was a pain in the arse until I started to have some fun with it. It kills about 5 minutes of my day but provides such great humor that I now look forward to them calling. The conversation goes something like this:

Me: "Hello, Mike H here"
Them: pause pause pause "Yes, may I speak to Mr. Michael H.......?
Me: "Mr. H....... just staepped out I'm one of his guys helping out ya he hired me straight up and just out of the joint and has given me a great chance to get my life back in order the job is a little boring and I really don't know why he has me counting his paper clips and thumbtacks everyday but I guess it is important and who am I to say anything I'm just glad he gave me a job cuz I was in the joint for a time and it was really tough ya know being i nthe joint cuz they really don't give you any sort of freedom and the food is OK I guess well it's better than nothing I suppose but still I think I could be better but Mr H. gave me this job see and I really think I prefer counting the paper clips over the thumbtacks cuz those tacks can bite ya and thos paperclips are easy and boy don;t I wish I was the guy that invented those cuz he must be rolling in the money huh? everybody uses'm and there must be this huge factory someplace just pumping out a zillion of these things then again I gueass everybody has them in their desk but I don't really think I have actually ever seen them as much as say staples now staples are all over and boy wouldn't I like to be the guy that invented staples and I guess if i was that guy I still would have got'n hook'd on the pipe cuz that pipe is really good have you ever tried the pip/ I tell ya what I grabs on and won't let go and even in the joint a guy like me can get some rock and we call it rock cuz it looks kinda like a rock well not like a peice of granite or anything like that but I really don't know anyother types of rocks no thats not true either cuz I guess marble is a rock right, not the round things that kids used to play with and isn't that funny how kids don't play with marbles anymore cuz that have all these video games that are preparing them to be jet fighter pilots for when the alians come to get our water and I'm not talking about the mexicans coming over the border but thats bad too cuz they work for nothing and take or jobs that we should get paid good money for but I did know a bunch of them in the joint and they were really nice guys but they didn't speak good english if at all not that I speak good english or anything like that then again how good do you have to speak if you only have to count paperclips all dayy long well I also count thumbtacks as well but I really don't like those as much....hello....hello?

Works like a deadass charm and I only come up for air about once every 80 seconds or so. Gives me a smile for several hours afterward!

9_“Then people will deliver YOU up to tribulation and will kill YOU, and YOU will be objects of hatred by all the nations on account of my name...
14_And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come."

Matt 24:9,14


You need to take your complaints to a higher source. :)


KT

And then?

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Not going to argue with you there I agree. If someone wants to know about you there are many ways to get in touch.

The reason Christ didn't go door to door is bacuase the times were different. People were out more. There was not TV or video games, people got their info from the streets and entertainment outside their homes. It was easy to reach lots of people with your message because they were out and about.

When someone knocks on my door or approaches me in my garage or in the front yard I politely tell them I have my own deal and I am good. Its really that simple.

Put this on your door:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1149697261.jpg

+1...just not from chicago.. ;)

I come from a rough area. I used to be addicted to crack but now I am off it and trying to stay clean. That is why I am selling magazine subscriptions.

if they knock on the door , get all exited, and open the door with a biig woohooooo, then ask em if their religion is the one with poligamy and orgies...

if they answer negative.. do the disappointed face while going "i'm sorry then , you'll have to leave now ", close the door and done.

I put a "No Soliciting" Sign on the door.

Door bell invasions have dropped 80%.