Jehovah's witnesses - door knocking legal?

[TheRhythmlessMan]

I was just given a leaflet from a group of Jehovah's Witnesses at my front door. Is this legal?

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I love it when they come to mine, I've only had it once In the five years I've been here.

When they came, I was highly amused and was all " ooh are you actually JWs" and looking them up and down grinning. They then tried to invite me to a meeting, which made me chortle.

Funny enough they fucked off really quickly and didn't come back.

I just find the whole thing very odd. Hence my amusement. Which they sensed. And didn't like.

The JW I have met have been super polite & I have had no problems with them at all. I just say, “No, thank you.”

The Jehovah's witnesses practices and lifestyle are looking increasingly anachronistic

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER I’m Jewish and tell them so, it doesn’t make any difference!

I just politely say "No thanks, I'm an atheist" and shut the door. I don't have a problem with them knocking on my door.

Tbh, if you genuinely believe that people who don't worship whichever god you believe in are condemned to eternal pain and suffering in Hell when they die, then you'd be a pretty horrible person not to want to try and save them from that fate.

I think they are taking the piss, no other religions feel that they can just go around hassling people

It's not illegal but incredibly annoying.

I'm never answering the door to them again, I did once not to be rude, I told them I wasn't interested etc but the one woman knocked my door twice a week from then on. So I ended up in a debate with her and asked why would I even consider a religion that is against blood donation when my son had recieved 5 donations to save his life... she said she knew nothing about that and would have to go and look into it because she had never heard jehovah's witnesses don't accept blood transfusion . In the end I just had to ignore the door when she could see I was there so she would get the message.
She also brought a list of childrens jehovah's witness videos for my son to watch, I told her he was quite happy with Bob the builder, thankyou.

Glad to read you can actually call to be taken off the list, they are relentless if they think you need saving.

In our area they don't do this anymore. They stand outside Tesco's and similar places with their leaflets. I thought they'd stop knocking everywhere.

This should be illegal, how do you know they are not after kids at home alone.

Fortunately not had any here yet

Get yourself a new door knocker OP

It's weird how they're not allowed to approach people with leaflets in the street, but they can approach your house. One is far more intrusive.

Or elderly jump at the chance for a chane to invite them in
Lol!! My very elderly MIL was very intelligent and could debate about anything. She used to invite them in. I think they took her off the calling list in the end, they couldn't escape her!!!
I'd called round on more than one occasion when they were trying t make their excuses to leave!!

It doesn't take 30 secs to open a door or window and say no thanks.

This should be illegal, how do you know they are not after kids at home alone.

If your kids don't know how to safely deal with a stranger knocking on the door they shouldn't be home alone.

I had them round today , two woman and two kids . I was polite but firm and closed the door quickly. I don’t like any body bothering me when I’m at home

I can’t stand them either.

If a religion is so wonderful why the need to sell it door to door.

We used to be plagued by them, which is odd considering how remote our tiny village is. Then I found out about the no call list and we only get the occasional one who is on holiday from another area.
I understand that they are bound to do this, but I don't feel the need to tolerate their nonsense.

JWs have being doing this for decades OP, you must have lived a very sheltered life if this is the first time you've ever encountered them.

In my experience if you put a 'no cold callers' sign on your front door they usually respect this and don't knock. Unlike certain other organisations I could think of RSPCA and Safestyle Windows Uk I'm loooking at you

I’ve no problem with them. They’re always polite and friendly and they genuinely believe that what they’re saying is helpful. I just take their leaflet, smile and then throw it straight in the bin when they’ve gone.

I have a prominent "no cold callers" sticker by the doorbell which stops 99% of all callers, but if I am e.g. outside and they come along, I have to say they are a hell of a lot politer than most people who "didn't see" (deliberately ignored) my sticker.

When l lived with my parents, many years ago, some JWs knocked at the door and launched into a talk about the "gospels". l asked if they meant the Synoptic gospels or the Canonical gospels. (l was doing RE O level at school at the time).
They looked at me blankly so l shut the door.
Now if l do bother to answer the door to them, l tell them l'm a Pagan (which l am), and point out my "Welcome to the Dark Side" door mat. lf that doesn't put them off, l show them my pentagram tattoo and suggest l'd appreciate them listening to me talk about my beliefs, if l reciprocate with theirs. That usually does the trick.

JWs believe that only 144000 people will get into heaven so their continual attempts to convert new believers seems counter-intuitive to me.

They plague me because I'm nice and don't tell them where to go. I'm not good at thinking on my feet and I don't like to be rude, and they didn't give me a chance to say 'I'm not interested' so they keep coming back for special visits!!!! I have to hope I see them coming down the road so I can not answer the door. I know it sounds easy to say 'No thank you' but somehow when you're autistic and have been brought up to be polite you don't just open the door and say 'f off' and once you've made the fatal mistake of letting them identify themselves you're buggered.
I may see if I can find an email address to contact them (I don't do phone calls) - so much easier to be assertive in writing!!

Google 'No Cold Callers Sign' there are quite few designs to choose from, some even mention religious groups.