Mormon Callers

[granny grump]

Two very personable young mormon men have just called at our door. Whilst I did not engage with them in respect to their religion I cannot help but admire them & Jehovah's Witnesses for calling in this way They must get so many refusals and even abuse but they still continue to call.

I realise that people do feel that they are intruding but I cannot be rude to them

How do other people feel

[Postdog]

Sorry, the opposite. They invade my privacy and need to be told.

[gleno1]

I agree with you granny grump.My daughter and her family are Jehovas witnesses and it took my husband and I a long time to accept it {my husband is a practising catholic and I am church of england but I dont go a lot}They are very dedicated to their religion and are very good living people.I must admit I dont believe they should knock on doors{they call it working on the ministry}but if any witnesses knock on our door I tell them politely but firmly that we arent interested in their religion and they go away.They must have some guts to do it because I certainly couldnt !

[granny grump]

Two sides of the coin & I can understand both I can only be polite to them but like you gleno1 I am firm - But then I am the same with cold callers on the phone I just think that they are someone's childen trying to do a job and I cn't be down right rude - Polite but firm

[wildwood]

I do tell them kindly that it does not interest me because I don't believe in what they do. If that doesn't register then yes, I am rude.

The JW doorknockers are trained from a very early age that it is their duty to do canvassing and are taught the art of salesmanship. They are trained to sidestep negativity commends and firmly believe that they are right. Some are poor souls that are helped through a family tragedy or financial struggle (yes, JW can be supportive) and feel obliged to send their kids to join the fairy brigade.

[woofgang]

Just like any other cold caller, I don't let them invade my privacy. I either don't answer the door or I answer the door and say no thank you, sorry I am busy and shut it again. I mind the never ending kleeneze catalogues more as they are just let without my knowledge or permission.

[Safiya]

it depends on my mood.... im never rude to them....sometimes i will say politely im not interested... sometimes i offer to swap literature with them.... sometimes i will talk to them ..i always seem to get the same 4 or 5 people coming 'in shifts' surely by now they should realise when they have called 48378 times that they should just walk on past

[Safiya]

oh that was about JW.... dont know as i have ever had mormons but i would be the same to them too

[Frank97]

I'm not rude to them, I just let my avatar deal with them! Seems to do the trick. :-)

[granny grump]

Thank you - very interesting to hear other points of view. I'm sure that the doorstep callers have met far more antagonism than has been expressed here we must be some of the reasonable ones

[Ankou]

i object everything they represent, but always politely decline my time - never rude. most just seem to accept that and go away.

[flip_flop]

I think they are arrogant to think that knocking on people's doors will convert them to their particularly brand of naive nuttery.

All religion is complete nonsense, and therefore I can't be arsed to engage them in any conversation at all. I just simply shut the door on them.

[WELSHYORKIE]

When they come to the door, I am always polite and tell them I am not interested. But recently on my short trip to York, I was approached in a park by 3 females - lucky you I hear you say - whilst I was eating my lunch. That I found intrusive and I must admit I did give them a polite flea in the ear (not the usual **** off!!)

[craft1948]

My mum once invited them in...........they fixed her vacuum cleaner.

[jake-the-peg]

I wonder how often they knock on the door of a double glazing salesman

[cupid04]

I too have had Mormon visitors. They were very polite and so was Mr. Cupid
and I. We invited them in on condition that if they could tell us about their
faith, Mr. Cupid and I could tell them about ours.After all we worship the
same God. If more people were tolerant of one anothers beliefs what a better
world it would be. It dosen't cost anything to be respectful and civil.

[johnk]

Just say No Thanks, Goodday and shut the door.

[RATTER15]

I invite them in and ask them a load of questions, and I expect answers!!

They don't seem so interested after a while and want to get out :-)

[jd_here]

Just tell them you're a Born Again Agnostic ... works for me