To any Jehovah's witnesses out there, would you PLEASE.............

[lucyellensmum]

just leave me alone!!!!!!!!!!

I am very comfortable with my religeon thankyou very much (cathoic). I do not wish to discuss it, end of story.

Just after christmas, a lovely looking young girl with what i presume was her husband (i mean, she was really beautiful!!) Stood with her foot in my door and pushed a leaflet about death into my handsm telling me i shouldnt worry as death isnt the end. I suffer with depression, i know all about death thankyou very much, i lost my father to cancer and ever since i have had a pathological fear of dying for which i am receiving medical treatment. So, thanks for that!! That reminded me of the time i had a leaflet forced on me in the sreet, i was too polite to decline - this one was about when a child dies, i was pushing my buggy at the time - fucking great!

This morning, just over a week later, I am running late, so i am already stressed. I am TRYING to brush my little girls hair, and this is the only thing in the world that she HATES. The door knocks, im expecting my mother, so i plonk DD (who has just let out a blood curdling scream as i hit a tangle) wailing, on the floor. Answer the door, thinking it was my mum, i didnt bother to restrain my dog, who promptly runs past the two smartly dressed old dears standing at my door, making a bee line for the road (they have left the gate open). I have to barge past them to retrieve him. They then say, have we come at a bad time dear???

We are jehovahs witnesses, they say, should we come back another time . No, please don't, please dont ever come back, please just leave me alone. I have no desire to discuss my damnation with you, as i am not a good catholic, i dont go to church and i am not married to my daughters father, so i am bound surely to burn in hell anyway!

Im sorry, i know these people genuinely mean well, but surely they could put their energy to better use. I imagine some lonely and vulnerable old lady, desperate for some company may well invite these parasites into her home, only to have her head filled with hellfire damnation and will spend the rest of the day sitting fretting.

If you want to do God's work, and i really think that is admirable, i really do, then DO something, go and volunteer at the local homeless shelter, go and join the local hospital legue of friends, do ANYTHING but knock on my door - i am running out of polite ways to say i am not interested

It's part of their religion,m though, isn't it? They have to 'spread God's word'. They will never stop banging on doors. Next time, pretend you no speeky the eenglish.

just say very clearly and firmly "do not call at this house again as I am not interested"

you could put a sign up outside - "no salesmen no jehovahs"

Well said!!

And double glazing people, energy supplier callers, homeless teatowel sellers?

I think it is a bit much to pick put JH's as 'parasites'.

You only have to say 'no, I'm not interested, thank you'! You don't believe the content of the leaflets, and it's no worse (regarding your own sensitivities) than newspapers - or indeed Mn - for bad news.

have you tried telling them this?
or just NO NO NO
slam door

intercom is great invention

I am highly suspicious of religions that actively have to recruit members. And yes, they do send the beautiful women and handsome men to do this job, for obvious reasons.

It makes me cross (and not just with JWs but any sales person) because they are perfectly aware that you have politely said no but choose to ignore it. This then forces you to be rude and then YOU feel guilty for being rude.

Never open your door to anyone if your not expecting anyone. The only strangers who knock on your door are people who want your money.

It's true - once you're a Jehovah's Witness you have to go round spreading the word. We have one at work and she's lovely - fortunately knows better than to try to convert anyone at work. She seems so normal, I just can't get my head round it. I have an almost overwhelming urge to ask her 'So... if your child needed a blood transfusion, would you let her have it or would you really let her die?'

Actually,it's not a religion, they are listed in the Cult Information Centre (sorry crap at links). I cannot stand them, despite the fact that yes they seem to be nice and so on. They would rather let someone die than give them a blood transfusion.

ask for your house to be put as a 'do not call'

the old blood transfusion dilemma doesn't really occur today as doctors simply overrule them.

Not always they don't. A woman died not that long ago post partum IIRC, a friend of her's posts on MN.

ask them to mark you down as a 'do not visit' household which will give you at least 3 years without a visit

a doctor can't overrule a patient's wishes except in certain circumstances.

we get them a lot.
I think they know where the Catholics live and we must be extra points for them.
If its during a weekday I say 'I work from home and you have brought me away from an important phone call to discuss my religion, have you no respect for those of us who work for a living?'
If its a weekend I say 'this is my day of rest, I don't push my religion down your throat, please don't come to my house to push yours down mine'.
Both accompanied by door closing in their faces.
That 2nd one works whether you might be christian or Jewish

it was a woman who had given birth to twins, she was only 22 years old I think, and she died because she refused a blood transfusion.

i just say no thanks. i haven't come across any that have put their foot in the door. doesn't seem their style.

dp will argue with them and they ask for him by name.

sorry, I meant that doctors overrule JW parents where children are involved. Obviously that don't overrule adults who do not wish to receive a blood transfusion for religious beliefs and nor should they.

Tell them you are not interested and if they come calling again you will go calling the police with a harrassment complaint.

They are very pushy. Creepy pushy. I hate them.

I am not a fan either tbh - my mum once answered the door to them whilst holding my sister (when she was a toddler). They took one look at my sister who has Downs syndrome + told my mum that she was obviously the result of sinfulness. [anger].

whoops i meant not [anger]

Yes, blu, you are right, that was a bit strong, i take that back actually. I am a bit pre menstural today, does it show??

Usually, they just knock and sheepishly hold up their watch tower, to which i say "sorry, im busy, or sorry, no" and it is usually the same couple. They know im a catholic and they just move on, they are a nice couple and i always say hello to them if i see them around. I just will NOT discuss my religeon with them.

It just seems they must be having a recruitment drive as their new recruits seem a lot more persistent, and have upset me more than once.

I DO just politely decline and that should be enough.

I agree with nametaken, of course doctors MUST over rule their blood transfusion madness when it comes to children, but it is the right of an adult to make their own decisions regarding this and they have every right to do so, i respect that.

just a bit

NO u are sooo not being unreasonable, they have no right shoving their religions down peoples throats, i dont get them calling anymore since i told em i was a witch think they are scared of me now hehe

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