Religious Nutters At The Door - What Do You Do?

lammy82

Person_one wrote: »

Why do you say that? Plenty of people are religious and not nutters.

A clear sign of being the latter is knocking on stranger's doors and attempting to convert them. Most don't do that.

The things that religions teach to be true are so fantastic that if you are convinced they are real then it's not that huge a leap to want to go and spread the news. Especially if you believe you're saving people from an eternity of torment in hell...

To clarify, I don't normally use the term 'religious nutters', as it's quite rude to refer to people in those terms, but if pressed I would say that going from genuinely believing in this stuff to wanting to convince others to believe it does not actually represent the crossing point into nutterdom.

good_advice

I just say no thanks.-
The phone calls are even quicker for pests. I put the phone down.

Person_one

lammy82 wrote: »

The things that religions teach to be true are so fantastic that if you are convinced they are real then it's not that huge a leap to want to go and spread the news. Especially if you believe you're saving people from an eternity of torment in hell...

To clarify, I don't normally use the term 'religious nutters', as it's quite rude to refer to people in those terms, but if pressed I would say that going from genuinely believing in this stuff to wanting to convince others to believe it does not actually represent the crossing point into nutterdom.

Well 'nutter' is a very vague term! Its not the most serious insult in the world either.

I've never had anyone try to convert me at the door, I live in a flat and you can't just walk in off the street.

cutestkids

I say no thank you please do not come again and close the door.

Kayalana99

I've never had any because of my No Cold caller sticker...I also have a no junk mail sticker which used to work but now the postman is delivering leaflets he ignores it!!

Suprized no one has complained to Royal mail as its such a waste of paper all ends up in the blue bag!!

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OrkneyStar

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 tell them I am a born again Christian. Normally quietens the Mormons and Jehovah's, though tbh we don't get that many!
Also had a guy hand me a leaflet in Glasgow, told him I was a Christian and his reply was 'born again?', I said yup, he smiled and still tried to hand me a leaflet but I said 'give it someone who might need it more'!

balletshoes

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 tell them I'm not interested, but if they want to give me their pamphlet I'll take it. We haven't had any round the doors for years here, but they used to come in pairs and about a dozen of them at a time all along the street. When they're that easy to spot I just don't answer the door.

I'm afraid the charity door-knockers and the fuel board/double glazing salesmen get the same treatment from me as well. I very much believe that if I want a service, I'll contact the providers of that service, not the other way around. Happy to tell every single one of them that too, saves them wasting my time and theirs .

balletshoes

Bangton wrote: »

I'm never rude...they are people after all. I just tell them no thanks and they leave.
Never had any hassle or religious people standing their ground and insisting I listen !

I have - and thats the point where I say "I told you I wasn't interested, goodbye" and shut the door.

worried_jim

I tell them to grow up, stop believing in fairy tales and behave like an adult. I am happy to stand on the doorstep and argue with them until the cows come home pointing out to them there is no God and why they are sad nutjobs.

balletshoes

good_advice wrote: »

I just say no thanks.-
The phone calls are even quicker for pests. I put the phone down.

yep, cold callers on my phone don't get any further than "can I speak to Mrs full name-including-middle-name Balletshoes" or even that delayed reaction silence when I've been cold-called from a list and they haven't connected to their scripted spiel yet. My phone gets put down at that point.