I was talking about a next door neighbor.
If you are my next door neighbor bringing the message, If I make it clear to you I am not interested in your message, assuming you are a decent guy, you will respect my wishes.
Your saying you are not interested, does not convey any wish.
You should make your wish clear as to what you are not interested in, or I should try to find out what it is you are not interested in.
Is it you are not interested in me visiting your home, the Bible, religion... ?
If all of the above, then you would not see me at your door again... unless I come by to tell you your house is on fire... Or, bring by your mail, which the postman somehow got mixed with mine.
If you aren't interested in religion, I would visit again, since I am not there to talk about religion.
So, it depends on what your wishes are, which you haven't expressed.
If you make clear, you are not interested in my visiting your home, I would not visit your home.
Where as if I were constantly having strangers coming to my door, I have to tell them over and over again I am not interested and after a while it can become bothersome.
Just tell them what you are not interested in.
I have had people tell me they are not interested, and they spoke to me the next time I visited their home.
What's more, they invited us in.
That is because sometimes people are not interested in one thing or other, at one time or other.
So, the next visit, they may be interested in something said in the very first words they hear, or the person's manner, or even the person's dialect or accent.
I'm speaking from experience, as one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
So, if you do not want this group of people to visit your home, simply make that clear.
I guarantee you, you will see them knocking doors of your surrounding neighbors, but they won't knock yours.
This is because we are organized to preach the good news.
If anyone expresses clearly that they do not want Jehovah's Witnesses calling on their home, the house number, and address goes on a list of "Do not Call", and all publishers are made aware of this, when working the territory.
If it happens that you receive a visit after expressing that wish, it's because the one taking the lead neglected to inform the group that time.
It can happen, since we are imperfect and make mistakes.
I apologize for that.
I can understand your annoyance there.
It isn’t anyone’s job to try to convince you otherwise. However if that is all you wanna talk about…….
It's usually a demonstration of showing care, and being interested in helping persons.