To just shut the door on religious door-knockers, with no comment?

I'm always polite and say that I'm not interested but to have a good day.
They don't bother me.

That. I've never had a JW be really pushy, unlike all the tree pruning guys, window people and charity donation peddlars. The JWs are polite and calm, and don't shout and/or pretend that they're doing work for my neighbour who I know isn't having any work done. Rather a JW then any of them

The JWs that sometimes knock at mine are very polite and not pushy at all. They had me a copy of the watchtower, I say thank you have a nice day and they leave. No need to be rude. They rarely come round.

I have far more issues with people selling things like YouFibre who won't shut up even when I've told them I'm not interested.

😂 that's great. May keep some alternative faith/none faith leaflets for just this reason. Hand them one at the door!
I told a couple to stop trespassing, it was twice a week, and getting beyond a joke; we’ve never had an issue since thankfully.

I think the same! It's bloody rude to knock on random people's doors to try and peddle your shite religion so I have no issue being a bit rude back.

It's just a tip I pass on to help people get rid of them. "No thanks I'm catholic" works. I am not rude to them and don't think I'm special. They are the ones who think they're special.

I have said in the past if they can come back with ten leaders of different faiths so we can all have a big open discussion and work out once and for all who's right (because they're all convinced they are, and they can't all be), I'll get the kettle on.

They don't come back.

You seem to think that they give your response a lot more thought and emotion then they do. They'll have knocked on hundreds if not thousands of doors in the past. They won't be remotely fazed by your response. They'll just move on to the next one and forget you. You're not that special.

Well I was raised catholic so it's not strictly a lie, although I'm not practicing now. It is also amusing to watch them process that information and realise they have no hope of converting me and not know what to say/do next.

Maybe because they are rude by knocking on our doors in the first place! If people are polite then they are hardly getting the message are they? If they are rude enough to come and disturb my weekend then they can expect to be told where to go.

Quite ,whats the point .

What’s with all the religious visitor posts lately ?

Yes, I don't get why people lie, try to be clever, be rude etc, when simply smiling and saying "sorry I'm not interested" and closing the door, does the job.

I don't see how being unpleasant is something to be proud of. I'm the same with every type of cold caller. No point in winding myself up as well as them, when a smile and no thanks works.

Why bother lying? Why not just say you aren't interested and close the door?

We ask them for their address so that we can pop round and knock on to talk about our interests / current obsessions when it's convenient for us. None have given their addresses over yet.

If you tell them you're catholic it completely stumps them.

Already been raised with intense religion so I'm immune to a different branch of it knocking at my door, and they know it.

When I was at uni I had some JW knock on the door. I was in the middle of some "intimacy" with a partner and when I answered the door I told them I'm gay. This usually gets rid of them, but it didn't! In the end I told them I was busy, and to come back the next afternoon.

The next afternoon I drove my removal van to my new flat, and drove past them coming down my street on their bikes, about to knock on my now-empty door! 😅

“Hi [wait to hear the beginning of the spiel]. No, I’m not interested thanks.” Very firm voice and immediately close the door.

I didn’t ask for strangers to disturb me to preach and I’m certainly not going to engage or apologise for my lack of enthusiasm.

If it feels too rude to shut the door in their face definitely get a 'no cold callers signs and point at that before shutting the door

I would definitely just close the door in their face. You don't owe them anything.

There are a couple of JW women outside our local Coop with a stand full of leaflets. It seems that for them this qualifies as proselytising for JW purposes, as they don't accost anyone, beyond replying to a cheery "Good morning!" They also look after dogs while people are in the shop, which is helpful. I think you'd have to stop and ask them (which I never do) before they'd attempt to sign you up.

Maybe they have taken on board the belief that there's only room for 144,000 people in heaven, and decided to stop recruiting in their own interests?

I think there’s a requirement if you are a JW to ‘proselytise’. I even think they have to track and report their hours.

We had a couple recently trespass on our property 2 days a week everyweek. They stared through my neighbours windows and ours, sometime my young dc were playing and my 5 year old was scared that a man was peering through our window. I had to tell them to clear off. So yes, some are very intimidating and overstep boundaries. I'm sure there are lots of lovely people, but I don't need them on my doorstep.

What are they do to scare your kids? All the ones I see are the most inoffensive people on the planet.

The main thing I don't understand is why they feel they have the right to knock preaching. I feel it is condescending, and implying that people aren't able to make an informed choice without them. I don't knock on their door preaching my beliefs, so why should they knock on mine. No other religion does this, which makes them even more cult like trying to recruit members.
Is there a way you can get in touch with the local group to ask them politely not to knock again? They loiter around my house trespassing on private property, scaring my dcs.