dumb day

[Sephiroth]

i had one of the dumbest ppl come up to my house to day j.witness not to afend any here. but he was starting to piss me off badly he cept on trying to convert me like they do to most ppl up here. but then wen he saw my home made symbol of goddess
on my wall. he started going on on how im going through life practice the devils work. and im not the type of person to talk to about the devil because hes not one of my favorite ppl to meet if i believed in him but i dont. but i slowly tryed to tell him that i embrace nature and the spirits around me not evil and that pissed him off. so he told me to make these spirits appear to say. so like a jackass i told him to show me his god first. and he just looked at me with a hateful look and went back to his car and drove off. i think some here can relate.

[MammaStar]

That was so AWESOME! I'm gonna do that next time they come a knocking at 9:00 am on a Saturday.

Course the trick my brothers and I used when we were young was to play Slayer's Angel of Death full blast. We had one drop to their knees and pray in front of our door for 15 mins., while we laughed hysterically inside. 8O

[keelyoherne]

1. if they DARE to knock on my door early on a Saturday morning, I will answer the door the way I sleep, only thing I will be wearing is a big scowl for having the nerve to wake me on my rare chance to sleep in.

I know somebody who did this to Mormon Missionaries, they never returned.

2. another very effective way to deal with them, is a way a friend of mine recommended...

His former roommate was a very resourceful young man. If a LDS or JW showed up at the door, he would tell them to wait a moment, go back in to the apartment and grab a dust rag and spray, or any other assorted cleaning products and paraphanelia, and tell them that if they really want to talk to him about their beliefs, he'd listen, but only if they cleaned the entire time they talked. Apparently he ended up with a very clean apartment a few times. :D Might be worth a try

Keely

[gunner]

what i do is just be very polite when i answer the door armed, i've also been known to tell them "my place in heaven is already guaranteed"

"if the army and the navy
ever look on heaven's scenes
they will find the streets are guarded by
the united states marines"

[Rævyn Cigány]

My last experience with the JW was actually quite hilarious, and blessedly short. On Easter Sunday (because, apparently, JW's don't celebrate those kinds of Christian holidays...funny :rolleyes: ) a couple was making their rounds amongst the neighbourhood I live in. I saw them knocking on my next door neighbour's door and thought to myself 'uh oh...I'm next'. I was still in a towel from my morning shower so I ran upstairs to put on some clothes. Without even thinking, I donned my pentacle, which was clearly visible against my navy t-shirt. The knock on the door came, and I very quickly opened it. The gentleman (and I use that term appropriately in regards to his dress, because he was wearing a very smart-looking suit, and his wife was in a very nice dress) took one look at me, particularly at my pentacle, gave his wife a 'look' and the two of them turned tail and walked away!!! I didn't have to say a single word!!! LOL!!!

BB

Rae )0(

[Rævyn Cigány]

Originally posted by keelyoherne

2. another very effective way to deal with them, is a way a friend of mine recommended...

His former roommate was a very resourceful young man. If a LDS or JW showed up at the door, he would tell them to wait a moment, go back in to the apartment and grab a dust rag and spray, or any other assorted cleaning products and paraphanelia, and tell them that if they really want to talk to him about their beliefs, he'd listen, but only if they cleaned the entire time they talked. Apparently he ended up with a very clean apartment a few times. :D Might be worth a try

Keely



hm...maybe I'll try that sometime!! I need someone to clean my house!! hehehe ;) Thanks for the tip!

Rae )0(

[cybele]

I do like the "show me yours and I'll show you mine". LOL! I am never that quick.

My husband is a J.W. He has never gone door to door nor does he go to temple or church (?) He adopted the philosophy when he married his first wife who was a J.W. That said, I am not offended in the least by not wanting to be accosted in your own home and neither would my husband. He has had me drive off Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses from our door when he did not want to be bothered, as I am better at driving off people nicely.

Usually neither J.W. nor Mormons drive cars to their victims, are you sure it was not a traveling hatemonger? I never had the pleasure of meeting such a agressive evangelist, I think you let him off easy.

Blessings,
Cybele

[keelyoherne]

Originally posted by cybele
My husband is a J.W. He has never gone door to door nor does he go to temple or church (?) He adopted the philosophy when he married his first wife who was a J.W. That said, I am not offended in the least by not wanting to be accosted in your own home and neither would my husband. He has had me drive off Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses from our door when he did not want to be bothered, as I am better at driving off people nicely.

Wow, that must be an interesting mix of philosophies in your house! I thought it was interesting with a DH who is a 'surviving Catholic' :D

My mother and stepfather have to put up with the missionaries showing up from time to time trying to reclaim my stepfather. He was brought up LDS.


Usually neither J.W. nor Mormons drive cars to their victims, are you sure it was not a traveling hatemonger? I never had the pleasure of meeting such a agressive evangelist, I think you let him off easy.

Blessings,
Cybele



Never saw one in a car either, though I do tend to see them en masse pedalling away on their bicycles, ties a'flappin' in the breeze. One had the audacity to stop and check his bicycle in my driveway, just as I was about to pull in to it. Can't tell you how tempting that was.:bad: to make him in to a hood ornament, especially when he looked at me with a particularly vacuous expression on his face and asked "oh, am I in your way?" Well, duh! No, stay right there, *rev rev* not a problem.

*sigh* at least you don't see pagans knocking on doors saying "have you heard the word of the Goddess today?" Or hanging out in airports, or BART stations, or...

Keely

[cybele]

Keelyoherne,

I would rather have a kitty as a hood ornament ( no NOT a real kitty! A silver jaguar!) but a vacuous semi startled driveway transient might be as satisfying.

I always thought it was amusing that this Witch was married to a J.W. We occasionally argue the point of religion in small ways, but I try not to bait him.

Bless you and may the Goddess keep your StepFather safe from unwanted missionaries.

Cybele

[gunner]

"I would rather have a kitty as a hood ornament ( no NOT a real kitty! A silver jaguar!) "

so would i, if you find two i'll adopt one, i can give it a very good home.

[Greenthumb]

Sometimes I simply don't answer the door when they knock. But every now and again, if I'm not pressed for anything else, I'll let them spin their program a bit.
I find it interesting to obsereve these types of folks once in awhile. I especially like to try & distract them into different topics. A tour of my yard, commentary on the weather, the state of our national forests,,,, stuff like that. Usually, I come across something of value in the course of our little visit- even if it's reaffirmation that these poor folks are simply, but totally engulfed in the embrace of ridiculous doctrine. This is interesting all in itself.
Besides, I beleive that knocking on doors is a requirement for the procession to a heaven that has only a limited amount of seating in the respect of JWs. So, if I can help one or two feel like they made a little progress, than I can feel like I did a good deed for the day- Even if I have only humored them a little.
Strange,,,, I don't see them nearly as often as I used to. Hmmmmmm.

peace
greenthumb