Today Jehovah witnesses came knocking at my door. 3rd time in a row. Can't remember what time it is in total. Why do they keep knocking at my door? Today the woke me up. This is unacceptable. Is there anything I can do to get you guys of my list of doom? I am not interested in this cult. I would have thought not answering the door would have made it obvious :( Is there ever a time when you stop??
Door Knocking...
by matt4 13 Replies latest jw experiences
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abbagail
Hi Matt:
Welcome. This is an EX-JW site, so most here no longer go door knocking.
You shouldn't have to, but just like Junk Mail, the marketers will keep sending it until you contact them and tell them to take your address off of their mailing list.
Ditto for the local congregation of JWs in your area. Look up in the phone book: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, etc., and then call the number, ask for an "elder," and tell them to put your address on their "DO NOT CALL" list.
Or you could put a sign on your door that says, JWs Not Welcome, or something to that effect.
When I lived in Colorado in the 1970s, and before I ever heard of JWs, a guy I was dating, he and his roomies had taken a stuffed teddy bear and drove a wooden stake through it, and attached a sign to the teddy bear saying, "NO JWs!" They had that stuffed bear hanging outside their front door. No kidding.
Being woken up is NOT fun. I can relate.
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dedpoet
Hi mat and welcome
JWs aren't welcome at my door either, though I used to be one.
Just put a sign in your front window "NO RELIGIOUS GROUPS"or words to that effect, and if that doesn't work, contact the local
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matt4
Apologies. Didn't see this was a EX-JW forum.
It's very irritating. I will start checking my phonebook. Thanks abbagail :)
Yup being woken up isn't fun at all. I didn't have much sleep this week as it goes.
What irked me is they used my doorbell then used my knocker :(
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carla
Put up a No Trespassing sign. You can try to write the society (I have a cease & desist form letter for them if you want it) but any letter you send will only be good for one year. After one year they figure you might have had a change of heart or moved and will knock again. Or call the hall and give em' hell, tell them to never knock on your door. The no trespassing sign works the best. All jw's must honor that and could be sued as individuals for ignoring it.
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jgnat
With just slightly more effort, you could get them to leave you alone for good. The next time they call so early, answer, and ask them to come back at two, sharp. Be firm that you are only available to speak to them that afternoon. Print off about an inch material from this site (see Best of....). When they come back, tell them you've been on the INTERNET and you have a few QUESTIONS. They will promise to return with answers and will never come back.
But, the "No Trespassing" sign with a follow-up call to the local Kingdom Hall to mark your house "do not call" is the more sensible approach.
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WTWizard
Another good approach might be to have the book Crisis of Conscience handy when they call. This, by Raymond Franz, can be ordered through the site www.freeminds.org for about $20. When they call, all you have to do is grab this book (having a King James version of the Bible along with it works even better). They are likely to run out terrified of that book.
Or, if you have a computer handy where they can see it, put www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com up as soon as you hear them knocking. Tell them it will be a couple of minutes--trust me, they will wait. In that time, find Screen 1 and look at the origin of the Watchtower Society. By the time it comes up, you will now invite them in to go through the material on the screen. Printing copies for them to study works even better.
Either way, that will probably be the last time they will come. They do not take "Not Interested" for an answer: those Service Meetings teach them to persist anyways. They might skip a Do Not Call, but they will still hound about once a year (and there is a lot of variance about the timing). No Trespassing signs are supposed to work, but they will likely "not see it". But they are terrified of apostate material, and if you give them some apostate material, they will take you for an apostate. And that will probably be the last time you see them. If they ever show up again, it will be because they are too tired from too much time out in service, or perhaps you have succeeded in stumbling them out of their cult.
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jgnat
No Trespassing signs are supposed to work, but they will likely "not see it"
WTWizard, there's been a recent directive that No Trespassing signs are to be honored. The publisher who ignores it could be in deep trouble from his congregation.
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badboy
BETTER STILL,WHY NOT HAVE A SCREENSHOT OF LAMBSROAR AND ASK THEM ABOUT WHY WATCHTOWER THINKS CHILD MOLESTERS ARE SUCH NICE PEIOPLE TO HAVE IN THEIR CONGREGATIONS.
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WTWizard
Well, about those No Trespassing signs, they are supposed to honor them. If not, they could be open to a big lawsuit, and in some states even shot for not honoring them. That doesn't stop the too-zealous pioneer from trying "just to see if there is going to be a response" and then "not seeing the sign".
I hope those people that try anyways start getting into big Trouble. Maybe those "I didn't see the signs" would start dwindling. And, in Florida, they do not fool around--if you have a No Trespassing sign prominently posted and someone violates it, you have the right to shoot the trespasser. For sure something I do not recommend challenging.