Religious Nutters At The Door - What Do You Do?

**Patty**

*I* shut the door asap with a *no thank you*.

Mr Patty invites them in, makes them a cuppa & debates the bible with them...*the bible says.....You are mistaken, the bible actually says....*

His parents are SA officers ...i'm sure he sees it as a challenge

Loz01

Keen_Young_Learner wrote: »

For us on the receiving end, it is absolutely unacceptable to do anything less than smile and apologise, along with your 'it's not for me' statement. These people are human beings, and are just doing what they believe is right. Being polite and civil to them is simply a matter of human decency.

Oh my life :rotfl: are you for real. No way should I have to be polite or apologise to these people, they're on my property talking a load of rubbish.

elmer

We had more than a few people like this in our street last week, when I told the man at my door that I was an atheist, he shook his head sadly and then went back the middle of the road where all the people went into a huddle and then pointed at my house:eek:

My Mother reckons I will be struck by lightening very soon !!!!


elmer xx

kloana

I don't answer the door. I look through the spyhole. If it's a dead giveaway that they're either a religious group or a cold caller of some other description, I just ignore it. Little old ladies in particular. I'm sure if, on the offchance, it was some stranger in desperate and genuine non-religious and non-sales need, they'd make their situation known more persistently.

I once peeped through the spyhole and wasn't sure. I opened the door to three very young and very hip-looking black chaps. This is not a very multicultural area (though I'm broadminded myself), so I was intrigued more than anything. Only flippin' Mormons, though! That was one of the relatively rare occasions I'd been 'caught' by door-to-door religious people. To be fair they were very nice, and didn't push the issue when I politely turned them away.

DUTR

zaxdog wrote: »

Answered the door today (expecting a parcel) to be confronted by two women determined to convert me to their "flavour" of Christianity, they were annoying and whilst I didn't want to be rude did eventually tell them politely that I was in no way interested in Christianity, I followed an older religion but it wasn't until I said I was a Pagan that they ran down the path :eek:

How do you deal with random "convert loonies" coming to the door?

I invited them in, asked them what they would like to talk about?
The reply.... dunno, never got this far before.

itsanne

securityguy wrote: »

"Parents were told to take their children door knocking, they had no choice. "

They had every choice. They just chose to put their hobby ahead of the best interests of their children, for fear of being thrown out of the hobby club. It's not the fault of the club, because people are entirely free to leave it. Your parents had moral agency. They just loved their hobby more than they loved you.

While I understand the frustration caused when confronted by the righteous who are determined to overstay their welcome (ie arrive uninvited and unwanted), I can't agree with this. These people genuinely believe they are doing the right thing - it's not a hobby. I don't think they are particularly free to choose otherwise after the indoctrination they have suffered. There is huge pressure to conform, and those who don't can be completely ostracised by both their families and communities.

Bearing that in mind, despite my earlier post, I try not to be unkind when rejecting them. I'd hate to be living their lives!

My son made the mistake of inviting one couple into his flat. (I never did discover which group they belonged to.) He complained later that he couldn't get them to leave for an hour and a half.

warehouse

You just have to be assertive. A simple smile and "I'm not interested, Good Bye", is all you need. None of them knock on my door any more yet still knock either side .

Lizling

On the one occasion I had any call, I directed them upstairs to the Satanist I was sharing a flat with at the time. Unfortunately I was on my way out, but I hear they had a very interesting chat and they left a couple of Watchtowers behind for our amusement too.

I'd really like an opportunity to talk to them about all the contradictions in the bible and how they choose which bits to listen to.