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Topic: Jehovah's Witnesses
Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 03:31 AM
What do you do when they knock on your door?
Do you hide? Do you tell them you are not interested or do you engage with them?

What do you do?

Kenneth's photo
Wed 12/18/19 03:37 AM
I do welcome them each time they check on me because they always come up with Interesting and vital points.

no photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:00 AM
Personally unless I know you, and know your coming around, then I don't open my door, full stop
An old acquaintance told me that if they came around, he would open the door, smile and say As-salāmu ʿalaykum, and then welcome them in
He used to chuckle as he described how they looked horrified, and went away, after deciding not to come in
He was not a Muslim

no photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:14 AM
For me, it's always the same.

I answer the door, they say "We'd like for you to become a Jehovah's Witness!"

I say "Sorry, I didn't see the accident."

Dodo_David's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:17 AM
Edited by Dodo_David on Wed 12/18/19 04:22 AM

Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:26 AM




laugh laugh

Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:32 AM

Personally unless I know you, and know your coming around, then I don't open my door, full stop
An old acquaintance told me that if they came around, he would open the door, smile and say As-salāmu ʿalaykum, and then welcome them in
He used to chuckle as he described how they looked horrified, and went away, after deciding not to come in
He was not a Muslim


I am sure they left him with a Watchtower booklet.
I don't understand why they were horrified? Are they not trying to convert everybody?

Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:35 AM

For me, it's always the same.

I answer the door, they say "We'd like for you to become a Jehovah's Witness!"

I say "Sorry, I didn't see the accident."


They are generally more "tricky" than that. My brother and sister in law were in their religion for a decade. They are trained to ask a question to engage you in conversation.

Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:37 AM

I do welcome them each time they check on me because they always come up with Interesting and vital points.


They check on you? Why?

MyTB38's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:48 AM
The last time they came to my house, I greeted them in my boxers and I have seen them since

delightfulillusion's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:56 AM
I have answered the door to them in the past but have to say, if I knew it was them, I wouldn't have answered.

I don't let them speak very much but just tell them that my beliefs do not match theirs and it never will. I'm polite but firm with them.

Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 04:56 AM

The last time they came to my house, I greeted them in my boxers and I have seen them since


Lol, they must see some weird stuff knocking on people's doors.

Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 05:01 AM

I have answered the door to them in the past but have to say, if I knew it was them, I wouldn't have answered.

I don't let them speak very much but just tell them that my beliefs do not match theirs and it never will. I'm polite but firm with them.


I asked them to take me off their map/list. And they have. If you accept one of their booklets, they are trained to make a repeat visit to discuss it with you.
noway

delightfulillusion's photo
Wed 12/18/19 05:05 AM


I have answered the door to them in the past but have to say, if I knew it was them, I wouldn't have answered.

I don't let them speak very much but just tell them that my beliefs do not match theirs and it never will. I'm polite but firm with them.


I asked them to take me off their map/list. And they have. If you accept one of their booklets, they are trained to make a repeat visit to discuss it with you.
noway



I've never accepted their magazines. They only came to my door once, a few months after I moved to this area and they haven't returned.........yet. It was less than a year ago bigsmile

Ladywind7's photo
Wed 12/18/19 05:10 AM



I have answered the door to them in the past but have to say, if I knew it was them, I wouldn't have answered.

I don't let them speak very much but just tell them that my beliefs do not match theirs and it never will. I'm polite but firm with them.


I asked them to take me off their map/list. And they have. If you accept one of their booklets, they are trained to make a repeat visit to discuss it with you.
noway



I've never accepted their magazines. They only came to my door once, a few months after I moved to this area and they haven't returned.........yet. It was less than a year ago bigsmile


They must have marked you in their records as unconvertable lol.

delightfulillusion's photo
Wed 12/18/19 05:11 AM




I have answered the door to them in the past but have to say, if I knew it was them, I wouldn't have answered.

I don't let them speak very much but just tell them that my beliefs do not match theirs and it never will. I'm polite but firm with them.


I asked them to take me off their map/list. And they have. If you accept one of their booklets, they are trained to make a repeat visit to discuss it with you.
noway



I've never accepted their magazines. They only came to my door once, a few months after I moved to this area and they haven't returned.........yet. It was less than a year ago bigsmile


They must have marked you in their records as unconvertable lol.


Then mission accomplished laugh

Tom4Uhere's photo
Wed 12/18/19 11:28 AM
Last time was a few years ago.
I greeted them like they were old friends.
We stood on the porch and talked about their religion and I kept asking questions.
Then some old guy walked up, gave the women a dirty look and ushered them away.
I followed them while asking them to come back.
As they moved faster on their way I got louder and louder till they turned the corner.
Sadly, they haven't been back...I wasn't finished.

mzrosie's photo
Wed 12/18/19 12:27 PM




laugh good one, david laugh

mzrosie's photo
Wed 12/18/19 12:31 PM

Last time was a few years ago.
I greeted them like they were old friends.
We stood on the porch and talked about their religion and I kept asking questions.
Then some old guy walked up, gave the women a dirty look and ushered them away.
I followed them while asking them to come back.
As they moved faster on their way I got louder and louder till they turned the corner.
Sadly, they haven't been back...I wasn't finished.


laugh very funny, tom laugh

no photo
Wed 12/18/19 12:39 PM
I inform the younger one that the book that they hold so sacred was written by an ex defence atorney with no previous history or knowledge of religion, some time in the 1940s.
and then look at the older one and wait. they go. and dont come again.
You can only do it once per house though. no fun.. :(

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