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What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 6:47 pm
Do you engage them in conversation?
Do you hide?
Are you polite?
Do you flick through Watchtower after they have gone?
I am asking because they came here today, I was snapping one off at the time, they kept knocking.
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 6:49 pm
I say, "I'm not interested. Thank you for your interest"
If they get pushy I become less and less polite.
When they knock on my door in Melbourne I ask if they can't read the sign that says, basically, "Don't knock if you're pushing your religion"
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 6:54 pm
"No thanks, I'm not a believer" works for me.
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 7:02 pm
I used to be polite, something along the lines of, 'Thanks for your trouble, but I'm really not interested.' These days, I simply point at the brass plaque reading 'No Religious Solicitation' that's RIGHT ABOVE THE FUCKING DOORBELL and shut the door in their faces.
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 7:04 pm
Depends on my mood, how much time I have, and if my children are watching. If I'm busy, I just shut the door after saying not thank you firmly, but politely. If I'm feeling combative, I might engage in in little questioning. It's unfortunately, a little like shooting fish in a barrel, as the arguments are never new. If the girls are there and I'm feeling combative, it's more fun because I have an audience. The only change is the audience is becoming combative in their own right.
It's a little different with the Mormon boys who call themselves elders. They feel more like shooting Bambi. Poor boys, set up against a machine gun with only squirt gun to fire back with. And they're such nice misguided boys. . . I tend to ask them thought provoking questions and let it go at that.
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 7:08 pm
They've stopped coming since I answered the door naked one time. I wouldn't have done it, but one time when we didn't answer they had the nerve to jiggle the handle of the door.
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 7:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2016 at 7:15 pm by drfuzzy.)
I have a sign by my door that says "No Soliciting".
My neighborhood is pretty good. Folks call the police on religious groups. (ha!) Some get through. I usually tell them that I'm not interested. If they persist, I'll tell them something, depending on how pleasant they seem. Good = "I'm an organist at a Catholic Church, but thanks for your time." Pushy: "I'm a Druid, I pray to trees and cast spells. Have a nice day." (I never, ever say "atheist". That's just like waving a red cape at a bull. No thanks.)
But there was this one guy who wouldn't stop. He ignored me when I pointed out the "No Soliciting" sign, and told him that this also applied to religious "witnessing". He just got louder, he was obnoxious. He had his (probably 3-year-old) son with him. So when he paused for breath, I said "Preacher, huh. I see you brought your little fuck-buddy with you. How nice for you." As he gasped and took a step back, I pulled the shotgun out from behind the door and screamed, "Get the hell off of my property, baby raper." I barely managed to keep a straight face when he grabbed the boy and RAN down my driveway.
Yes, I channeled my mother. It was totally worth it. 
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 7:14 pm
The only proselytizers who didn't get shown the road in a fast minute were the (I swear this is true) two neo-Druids who came to my flat when I was a student. I actually stepped out and engaged them for a minute or two, since I had never seen door to door Druids. Nice blokes, very polite - they were inviting people to a do they were having, something to do with an equinox, I think. They gave me a pamphlet, which I kept for years.
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 7:27 pm
Simply saying that I'm atheist work for me.
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RE: What to do when they knock on your door.
February 17, 2016 at 8:07 pm
Why don't the Moonies door knock any more ?
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