Increased door-knocking...

[Ace Otana]

I've had a third door knock from yet another Jehovah witness this week! It's never been this much before.
I think they know their religion is in trouble. No one goes to church, hardly anyone pays any attention to religion and now more and more people are turning away from it.
I sense panic from the religious.

I think we're winning!

I think the increased activity is nothing more than a desperate attempt to keep their religion from dying by keeping it's head above water. You know religion is dying when they get desperate and start panicking.
Even my sis has received a few door knocks and she's on the other side of town. A time to celebrate or do we wait a bit longer?

What's the religious activity like where you are?

[Skipper]

I think I last got approached by a couple of JWs at a bus stop about 4 years ago, wish they tried it now, I was a much more forgiving Atheist back then. But I've had little to no religious bother since then, but I do live in The most godless city in Britain apparently, so it's to be expected.

[fr0d0]

I've never seen a JW and they're just around the corner from me. They know you're weakening Ace - it's obviously showing. You have the mark of the model follower

[chatpilot]

I'm in New York City but I have not been pestered by the JWs in awhile. I see them around all the time though with their stupid Awake and Watchtower publications. When they approach me I just shake my head side to side without saying a word and they keep walking.

[Ace Otana]

Why is it that they seem to be aiming for me? 3 in a fucking week! There is a church nearby but still, this level of activity is unusual. Humpf!
Need to buy a "No religious wackos" sign for me door. That should do it.

They know you're weakening Ace - it's obviously showing. You have the mark of the model follower

Yeah right.

[OnlyNatural]

I was approached by two girls at a busy intersection yesterday. They said they were students studying the Bible, and had an urgent message for me about Passover and how I can avoid disaster. I just cut them off right there, and said 'I'm a complete atheist, sorry!' I wish I was more witty, would have said something more amusing...

I hate it when religious people feel the need to shove their superstitions down everyone's throats. I guess it must be a sign that they're getting pretty desperate. Once in a while they'll get lucky and stumble upon a gullible person, I suppose...

[reverendjeremiah]

I have an American Atheists sticker on my door, but it doesnt stop them from knocking. We have Mormons in my neighborhood, and they knocked all the time until one of them made the mistake of saying "Evolution is wrong". I then stepped out of my door and proceeded to give them a basic lesson on biology, natural selection, the difference of artifical selection, and how all of the known evidence we have shows that a guding intelligence is not needed to create, nor sustain it. I could tell that the younger Mormon was starting to relate, and get interested. The older of the two noticed this as well and decided to cut the conversation short and nudge his companion to leave. The younger obviously wanted to stay and chat longer, because I was being very kind with them and science (i think) always appeals to the curiosity of the young.

I have never had a knock on the door since.

Well, a few months ago I was sitting on the gate of my truck, sipping beer when a Baptist Pastor approached. I figured who he was and offered him and his cohorts a brew of their own. They kindly refused. When he started with the usual dialogue I kindly stopped him in the middle of his set up, informed him that I was an "easy going atheist". He was actually pretty cool about it. I then informed him that he wasnt going to have much luck on this block, as most of the people are Roman Catholic or Pentacostal, "..but if you could.." I added, "..go down to that trailer there and knock on their door? Those are the Mormons that bugged me before and I would like to see them get a bit of their own medicine." To which he got a hardy laugh out of.

A light sense of humor and a smile always goes a long way, dont you agree?

[Rwandrall]

It is good news, but I still think we should not be relaxed and glad...there is still so much to do, so much fighting to be won before religion disappears...The current trend is awesome but there is no insurance that it will continue.

[Autumnlicious]

I live on fraternity row around my university next to the local, liberal Christian fraternity (they're nice neighbors... very quiet). Yet, for some reason, religio-tards who peddle their cult is a rarity.

[Faith No More]

I got my first mormons of the year about a week ago and they are starting to hone their proselytizing skills. They used to come around asking people if the knew the story of Joseph Smith. Because too many people actually do know the story of Joseph Smith they now coming around saying, "We are going door to door asking people about life and what they think its purpose is." I took one look at their shirts, ties, and nametags and smiled. I bit my lip and stopped my mouth from saying all of the condescending thoughts running through my head while saying, "No, thanks." I think that was the most self-restraint I've ever shown.