Jehovah's Witnesses are the most prevalent in my area. I don't deal with them much because if they approach me, I tell them that they aren't allowed to speak to me because I'm a former JW who was "disfellowshipped". (I'm not, but I tell them this.) It's worked wonderfully because other JW's in my area are then warned not to approach me because they believe I've been shunned by one of their congregations.

I learned this trick from my ex-sister-in-law who actually is a disfellowshipped JW.

**We put up a 6 ft fence with double bolt locks on the gates and no bell there. Now we have peace .

Never done this myself but I have a friend who answers the door nearly naked!

I just ask if there here the satanic ritual party that typically makes them leave

I tell them there is no God, and I keep saying it til they leave. I have no respect whatsoever for people who go door to door selling superstition. I treat them as I would someone who came to my door wanting to teach me how the earth is flat, or vaccines cause autism, I simply tell them they are wrong.

I am very polite and tell them I have my own faith...but i try get rid of them fast. I door knock ( well I did in NY) not atheism...but for political candidates so I understand how awkward and uncomfortable it is.

How timely. Last weekend, while nursing a hangover in my bikini briefs, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—only this and nothing more.”

But they wouldn't let up. So I went out and looked around, shirtless and grimy, thinking something afoot and slimey--lo, it was only the Jehovah's Witnesses. Before I could slip away, they espied me and alas I was waylaid for blimey, 30 minutes or more.

So I ended telling this guy I believed in this legendary being named Bruce Lee. I had it on good authority he actually existed and probably could whip any man living or dead, pound for pound, with his bare hands. Since he didn't have any money or food, just a pamphlet, I didn't know what else to tell him.

--I am lying, of course. But isn't that more fun that what really happened?

I have been SO lucky! i had ONE pair (always a pair, right?) of door knockers, and that was in japan, where i lived for a decade. they were mormons, and they got mad when i wouldn't open the door, and were quite rude. i reported them to their mormon superiors. i forget whether i mentioned, in reporting them, that i had told the knockers, quite truthfully, that i was naked and thus could not open the door. meanwhile, i was bothered by mormons every time i went to a kinko's in japan; i got them to leave me alone by answering their inevitable "have you heard the story of joseph smith?" with "yes, i have. have you heard the one about the rabbi...." and telling them a nice long story i knew about a rabbi. you should have seen the smiles freeze on their faces!

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I deal with them like this:
Knock, knock:
A. Hi
C. We’re around the neighborhood and would like to share the Good News.
A. Oh, I see. No thank you.
C. Ok, god bless you. Goodbye.
A. Bye!

That’s the usual. I have never had anyone be really obnoxious and insistent.

I ignore them or if they catch me outside, I use sarcasm. Usually the, “Oh...you’re selling religion?” Route.

I usually talk to them. A friend of mine used to either tell them he was a Buddhist or to invite them in as they were just about to have a black mass.

My favourite method though was described by Jeff Foxworthy: Draw a chalk outline outside your front door and throw a few religious pamphlets out around it. Sleep till noon if you want to.

? years ago someone did something to introduce God who is controlling universe.

I'd say either invite them in and explain why you find their worldview incompatible with reality or just tell them you're not interested. They're used to rejection.

Ha Ha Ha Ha. I solved this one. I put up a 6 foot fence with a double dead bolt lock that requires a key and I have the keys. There is not door bell, no buzzer, no way in to reach my door. Anybody wants to come here has to know me and call first to make arrangements and then call to let me know they are outside . I also have 9 little yapping , barking dogs in that front secure garden . No one comes to my door these days . I love it.

By educating them if I have some time. And if I'm bored I'll invite them in for a fuller education, usually with a big joint on that I accidently breathe their way. Had that happen twice, LOL Am I a bad man, LOL Nah just a Pirate.

I had a couple at my door last spring . At 4 the afternoon , my dogs barking like crazy at the door bell , me out of shower w bath robe and getting ready for night shift , really last thing I needed was religion talking . They had some cheap papers to pass about their church I assume and they told me " if I had a minute to talk about finding Jesus ". I told them , " honey , I am Jesus , nice to meet u and good bye".

I tell them I am an atheist so won't need the pamphlet they have. However, I always thank them for getting out and trying to help people. I really don't want them thinking atheist and @sshole are synonymous.

I used to have a sign on my front door that read:

NO SOLICITORS
I don't care if you're selling magazine subscriptions, chocolate bars, or salvation, the answer is NO! Turn around and walk away!

I made the sign myself with a printer and a laminator and it worked great for years.

If I have the time, I make coffee and have a conversation. I just tell them that I get equal time to convince them that they do me. Most of these kids were indoctrinated, and a dose of healthy skepticism might save them a good deal of time throughout life.

I used to be polite to the JWs that came by, but they wouldn't give up. My teenaged son told me that he would take care of it next time. When they came by, they asked if he was a christian and he answered, "I am a pantheist." They had never heard of that, so he explained, in great detail, about a panoply of gods, each one for specific things. As they were leaving, he followed them down the driveway, still espousing his 'views' (possibly Nordic, or Greek - not sure), all the way to the road. They did not come back for a couple of years.

I wonder at one point I got old enough to ignore the niceties and just say "sorry not interested" and walk away without them having to utter a word.

I offer them my full sympathy for their loss of reason, and close the door.

I will talk your ear off. I will tell you my entire life history. I will give you every reason that I do not any longer believe in a god. I give everybody who is still a Believer every opportunity to try to convince me that there is a god but I have to have evidence and that's why I'm agnostic and not a true atheist. Usually they will just get tired of talking and leave. I really enjoy those conversations. I haven't had one for 6 months. Maybe I'm on a list of "Do not visit this guy's house anymore!"

I call them Pushers (yes, as in drug pushers). Anyone who seeks me out is a pusher. If I go to them, then they are Dealers. This includes salesmen, tele-a-marketers, religions. If they ask why, I tell them that all they want is more people to show up at church because they need the money, under the guise of tything (sp). If they persist I close the door.

I call them Pushers (yes, as in drug pushers). Anyone who seeks me out is a pusher. If I go to them, then they are Dealers. This includes salesmen, tele-a-marketers, religions. If they ask why, I tell them that all they want is more people to show up at church because they need the money, under the guise of tything (sp).