Comicaze247
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For once I agree with you
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Jehovahs witnesses
- Thread starter Im an Atheist
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The Mormons I have known were pretty nice, but so were all the JWs I have known. ( I don't agree with the JWs interpretation of the Bible by saying that Jesus was Michael the Archangel.)
I never had Baptists come to my door ( I am a Baptist, too.)
I never had Baptists come to my door ( I am a Baptist, too.)
The cable TV guy knocks,double glazing salesmen etc etc at least JWs don't want your money
You may call the cops on them if they are in your yard, but the cops cannot do anything unless the trespassers are still on your property once they arrive. Tragic as it may be the no soliciting and no trespassing laws are extremely flawed, and do not work as intended. I have the same signs at the beginning of my drive way so anyone that pulls in cannot overlook them. I have even taken pictures of trespassers in my yard once, presented them and the officer said he could not enforce the law unless he physically caught them there. Thank you political correctness.
Comicaze247
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YouTube - Door To Door Atheist
P.S.: I also have a "No Soliciting" sign on my door. It still doesn't deter people
P.S.: I also have a "No Soliciting" sign on my door. It still doesn't deter people
Rakhel
Well-Known Member
I've been visited by JW, Mormons, and Baptists, both English speaking and not.The JWs, I told them my house was actually a houseboat(at the time was not a lie) so that if G-d sent another flood I'd be okay. The Mormons were told I had was baptized in the faith(also not a lie) and the Baptist, I said I was Jewish. All of which stumbled for something to talk about, but were left with handing me pamphlets, which I took politely, and they left.
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
Yep. They're free to knock on your door, you're free to shut it. Works out fine.
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
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That's the only legal defense that actually works hehe. I wonder. What would it be like if other religions went door to door though.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
*sigh* I hate it when someone quotes a typo before I catch and fix it, and that's a particularly stupid one.
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curious-er
Member
Wow, you will have to ask your husband about all of the reinstated, once disfellowshipped ones. If you tell them you are disfellowshipped, depending on who you are talking to (their personality) they may begin to ask you questions, and encourage you to come back. Or, they will make the elders aware and the elders will come a knocking, to encourage you to come back.
curious-er
Member
The problem is Jehovah's Witnesses actually take the scriptures seriously. So they follow such scriptural teachings as:
Matthew 28:18 "And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: "All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things."
Luke 10:1,2 "After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: "The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."
Acts 20:20 "while I did not hold back from telling YOU any of the things that were profitable nor from teaching YOU publicly and from house to house."
Acts 5:42 "And every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus."
Witnesses are not coming to your door to "convert" you. They are coming to teach you what they understand from the Bible. What you do with the information is up to you. Their responsibility is simply to try to impart the info. They do not fall under the term soliciting, since all they offer, their time, literature etc. is free. They do have a "do not call" list. You don't have to make up any stories and lies. Simply say: "Could you put me on your do not call list please."
Prov. 6:16-19 "There are six things that Jehovah does hate; yes, seven are things detestable to his soul: 17 lofty eyes, a false tongue, and hands that are shedding innocent blood, 18 a heart fabricating hurtful schemes, feet that are in a hurry to run to badness, 19 a false witness that launches forth lies, and anyone sending forth contentions among brothers."
Prov.13:5 "A false word is what the righteous hates, but the wicked ones act shamefully and cause disgrace for themselves"
Psalm 119:163 "Falsehood I have hated, and I do keep detesting it. Your law I have loved."
I wouldn't mind if atheists decided to go door to door (I can't imagine that ever happening, however).
About ignoring signs, they used to ignore our "No Solicitor" signs, too until we changed it to something easier to understand. I think some people don't realize what solicitor means.
About ignoring signs, they used to ignore our "No Solicitor" signs, too until we changed it to something easier to understand. I think some people don't realize what solicitor means.
Smoke
Done here.
When I lived in Jersey City, the Jehovah's Witnesses used to come around early on Saturday mornings. I really don't mind their coming by, but I disliked their coming so early and waking me up.
The Catholic parish in the neighborhood gave out signs that said:
SOMOS CATOLICOS
NO ACEPTAMOS
PROPAGANDA DE
OTRAS RELIGIONES
WE'RE CATHOLICS
WE DON'T ACCEPT
PROPAGANDA FROM
OTHER RELIGIONS
I made a similar sign based on the Catholic sign, and was never awakened by Jehovah's Witnesses again.
The Catholic parish in the neighborhood gave out signs that said:
SOMOS CATOLICOS
NO ACEPTAMOS
PROPAGANDA DE
OTRAS RELIGIONES
WE'RE CATHOLICS
WE DON'T ACCEPT
PROPAGANDA FROM
OTHER RELIGIONS
I made a similar sign based on the Catholic sign, and was never awakened by Jehovah's Witnesses again.
Storm
ThrUU the Looking Glass
Hardly unique in that regard.
Anyway, if you'll read the OP, the question wasn't why JWs go door-to-door, but whether they should be allowed to.
Draka
Wonder Woman
That's just what he told me to do. Personally, when we were going through divorce and his batty mother was calling me on his behalf and threatening to kidnap my daughter, I had some JWs come to my door. NOT a good time to be doing that. They started preaching, I said "oh, you're Jehovah Witnesses" they said "oh, you've heard of us?' I said "yeah, my mother in law is JW", they smiled, I then said "I hate that $##$%$^ ^%^%$ ^%$^$$#% $#@#@@%$^$" and so on and so forth. Scared the living daylights out of them. I really don't care either. Frankly, anyone that goes to a stranger's door should realize they could be walking into a VERY bad situation. They have no idea who is on the other side of the door or what they could be going through at the time. IMHO I think door-to-door proselytizing in general is one of the rudest things one can do. A missionary may be very nice, but it still is basically an act of rudeness to interrupt a person's life, in their own home, to preach at them. Just being honest here.