To ask if there is a "No God Botherers Please" sign I can put up in my porch?

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OK, here's the rant (please bear in mind I'm pg and getting big enough now that getting up and down stairs for no reason is enough to make me want to throw anything to hand at your head):

I live alone and have 1001 things to do before baby arrives in July. At the bottom of my road is a fairly large church (does Alpha Courses, not sure what that makes them but strong flavoured Christians I imagine). Now I know it is Easter coming up and everything but I have just had to open the door for no less than the 7th time IN ONE WEEK to a couple with a leaflet about Jesus.

I know this sounds petty but when you have an open can of paint that you need to suddenly cover and check cats can't get to, need to manoeuvre yourself from the comfortable position you have finally found on the sofa or come breathlessly running in through the house from the garden...it's driving me a bit balmy!

I've told he last 4 couples that I have had a constant stream of them since last week but it doesn't seem to be getting back to their HQ. How strong is this community they hark on about if they can't even tell each other which road they have canvassed? And are they wasting collection money on all of the flyers and leaflets I get given and thrust through my door that go the same way as all of the kebab house leaflets?

My Q is: Is there a sign out there that I can put up (similar to the No Sales Callers) that used to be popular?

altinkum - that's brilliant. Reminds me of the old aristo in Love In A Cold Climate who would always send his butler to tell visitors he wasn't in, while standing in plain view in the window.

I would just shout 'fack orf' out the window [grewuponacouncilestateemoticon] - actually I did have 2 Jehovahs this morning and gave the polite 'not interested' line. While wearing revealing pyjamas at 11am (slut)

That notice is better than "no god botherers". No need to be rude.

But WHY do they do it? Is it because they get some sort of commission if they manage a conversion? The people who like them visiting are probably lonely and just grateful for someone to talk to. Do they ask for a donation at the end? That's the only reason I can think of for the door-knocking.

Actually I think the God-botherers are MORE rude and they take advantage. My mum (lapsed catholic turned pagan) would always buy Watch Tower / Salvation Army mag out of politeness because she is far too courteous / timid to tell people to go away. She had very little money to spare as well. I think it is aggressive to show up on people's doorsteps demanding special privileges and treatment because of the beliefs you have.

You could do a controlled test OP.
One month with a sign saying 'No cold callers please'

One month with a sign saying 'No God Botherers

See which one is the most effective.

The term 'God Botherers' is far less offensive than having the arrogance to think it is acceptable to knock on a stranger's door to tell them what to believe.

A sign that says God Botherers is rude - If I saw a sign that said that I would snurk and think the owner was a complete nobber.

What if a gym had a sign that read "No Fatties Please"
All them fatties bothering the fit people with cakes and treats..

Alpha courses were started by the Church of England to introduce the basics of Christian faith. It has now been adopted by many smaller churches so could be any of them. You have a right to be bothered, it is not fair to have someone elses faith rammed down your throat. I used to know a Jehova's Witness family who's mother would canvass (before anyone starts, aside from the canvassing, Jehova's witnesses are just like evryone else and not some strange cult). She would have a clip board and sheet of paper with all the local adresses she needed to visit on. If they recieved no response at one house or recieved a not so interested response, she was supposed to put a mark next to that address so the next time people were canvassing they could call in again. That may be why the keep coming back to your house OP.

Oh and the canvassing by Jehova's witnesses is because they believe it is part of their mission on earth and brings them closer to Jehova to spread his word to others.

Good intentions I suppose (not religious myself) but badly done.

YANBU op.

Anyone who thinks it is OK to try and ram their beliefs down someone else's throat by knocking on doors has serious issues.

YANBU.
We get occasional hordes of JW's descend on us. We had 3 lots last night in the space of 10 minutes. Probably won't see them again for 6 months, but I do find it annoying.

My friend has a small shop, (I help out sometimes) and a lot of JW's go in there, buy something really small and cheap, then spend 30 minutes or more preaching and waving leaflets at you, and you can't be rude as they are customers. They tend to hang round until another customer comes in.

A sign saying 'No God Botherers' is rude. A sign saying something that makes it clear they are not welcome is not rude.

Oops, italics went wrong there!

Brilliant sign OP - have just purchased .I work nights and despite putting up signs- we dont buy /sell etc still get woken by someone selling double glazing etc
Hopefully this will stop them

But Drama if they weren't on my property intending to disturb me then they wouldn't see it to be offended? They choose to keep coming over and disrupting me. It's for all of them anyway, no specific religion. I just don't happen to get any other religious beliefs sung to me on my own doorstep.

Unfortunately LDN I have been in many a time. They are all from the same church (same leaflet each time) and although one does usually have something clipboard-y/book-y under one arm each time, they just keep coming.

Sounds like they are canvassing you repeatedly because you show signs of 'interest' (you are polite and don't tell them to 'do one') but have yet to 'recieve the word of God'. Very bothersome. TBH I am polite to a certain extent but would ask them to take my address of their list if it was this often.

Good luck with it OP!

I have a small sign saying "no religion - no selling". If someone still wants to try and tell me I'm going to hell I'm happy to tell them exactly what I think of religion. Mostly they read the sign. Of those that don't only one has fainted with shock. :o

If you knock on somone's door then whether you are selling double glazing or a chance to join a cult you know you are not wanted. If we wanted double glazing we would have used yellow pages and if we wanted to hear fairy stories we'd have gone to a church or library.

So you know you are taking liberties when you walk up the path. If 'god botherer' upsets you than keep away.

Of those that don't only one has fainted with shock.

What did you do, write 666 on their forehead?

I always say "We're a Satanist household, just in the middle of sacrificing a goat and you turning up has put the kids right off their chanting. Please don't come here again". Smile sweetly, and close the door

Well with Jehovah's you just write to the Kingdom Hall and they don't come back. Perhaps write to the church?

FWIW-They're not selling anything as it costs no monies.

My large "Give Blood" sticker in the front window must have had some effect - have seen them walking up our road but haven't had them knock for ages I prefer to "bother God" (sorry, not keen on your phrase but I know what you were trying to get at) in my own way.

Housemum- that would work perhaps for Jehovah's but not Christians...