fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #3343 ]

[ SECRET POST #3343 ]

⌈ Secret Post #3343 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

__________________________________________________

02.

__________________________________________________

03.

__________________________________________________

04.

__________________________________________________

05.

__________________________________________________

06.

__________________________________________________

07.

__________________________________________________

08.

__________________________________________________

09.

__________________________________________________

10.

__________________________________________________

11.

__________________________________________________

12.

Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 069 secrets from Secret Submission Post #478.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I don't want to join their church. They keep visiting. I don't know how to discourage them. They've talked to me half a dozen times and they're so nice. Help?

Nude satanic ritual in your front yard.

No, that attracts Mormons.

They use niceness as a weapon, like any other cult, so just start closing the door on them when they turn up. They'll get the message. If they accost you in the street, don't break stride as they won't dare abandon their pitch to follow you. They'll get the message, but you got to start being rude to them.

I don't think this is true. Rudeness isn't necessary, and while I'm as against the group as it comes, a lot of these people are kids (like, teenagers) who are on "missions", from the church they grew up in and have family in. They genuinely think this mission work is a positive thing. They are not going to accost you or force their way into your house. A smile and a "no thank you" is a perfectly effective way to end the conversation. And who knows, maybe it'll do them good to see that the "other side" is nice too, if there's ever a day they want to build bridges or switch sides.

Yeah I don't think this is even rude necessarily. When you see them at the door, just smile and say "no thank you" and shut the door. If the same people keep coming tell them they need to stop harassing you. I bet they will stop if you threaten to take action against them for harassment.

This sounds like a really stupid question, but as someone who struggles with telling people no, I have to ask. Have you TOLD them you don't want to join their church? That they seem like lovely people but you would appreciate if they stopped coming by to try and get you to convert?

No, I haven't told them that-because they haven't really asked me outright to join. They just talk to me about bible stuff and now they just invited me to an event at their church.

I feel like they're slowly sucking me in.

"No thank you. I'm Jewish/Muslim/Atheist/Protestent/Whatever reason you have for not wanting to become a Jehovah's Witness. It's been very nice talking to you, but I would rather we didn't speak about religion anymore."

They are. I'm not even saying that to insult them, part of trying to convert people to any religion is to not look like you're converting them at first.

Re: Jehovah's Witnesses

(Anonymous) - 2016-02-28 22:22 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Jehovah's Witnesses

nonnymouscawitz - 2016-02-28 22:24 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Jehovah's Witnesses

(Anonymous) - 2016-02-28 22:25 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Jehovah's Witnesses

(Anonymous) - 2016-02-28 23:28 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Jehovah's Witnesses

ibbity - 2016-02-28 23:32 (UTC) - Expand

Yeah, Scientology tries to suck you in with their "free stress tests". :P

Re: Jehovah's Witnesses

(Anonymous) - 2016-02-29 14:30 (UTC) - Expand

I know the feel. I'm really not comfortable being outright rude to people and don't like confrontation. I wonder if you can ask to be taken off their list... like you can with spam mail and spam calls and such, lol.

Answer the door nude with a giant inverted pentagram drawn on you in some kind of red substance (lipstick will do in a pinch).

Tell them you've joined the Church of Satan. Or that you've converted to witchcraft and that anyone coming onto your property INSTANTLY gets a pagan blessing every single time. (Doesn't have to be curse cus they're really odd about other religions). I imagine they'll hightail it outta there.

Or you could do what one of my aunties did: just keep asking them questions about conflicting things from the bible (I'm sure a quick internet search will give you some ammo) they left her alone after the first couple times.

I always tell them I'm a practicing Catholic and they leave me alone. They don't like us Papists.

This is what my mother did. It worked well for her too.

I know Mum once had them turning up at one point in my childhood and argued from the POV of a Seventh-Day Adventist, so I think citing any denomination would help.

Invite them in, but be up front that you will try to convert them into whatever life view you already have, before you lock the door behind them and put the key in your pocket. Make a convincing argument and don't let them get a word in sideways. Keep it going until they ask to be let out. Make them sign a conversion certificate before they leave.

Or just tell them "Condolences, I am so sorry to hear that." and close your door.

lol my mom used to know a woman who would invite JWs into her house and then try to convert them to evangelical Christianity. She said that eventually they started completely avoiding that lady's neighborhood.

The reason they keep coming back is because you haven't given them a firm no. They think they have a chance at getting you to join. So a few things:

1) Don't answer the door.
2) Put up a "No soliciting" sign.
3) If you answer the door, tell them firmly you are not interested and keep repeating that.
4) DO NOT LET THEM IN.
5) Avoid soft, waffly responses like "Not right now" or "This is not a good time" because it implies that there IS a good time and they should try back later.
6) Don't try to argue or give reasons for why you're not interested, just stick to "I'm not interested, thanks."
7) Don't let them linger on the doormat. "Have to go, bye!" and CLOSE THE DOOR.

"Thank you, but I'm not interested in joining." *close door*

Or better yet, do not open at all and get a "no bible thumpers" sticker.

In all seriousness though, you CAN ask them not to visit your house anymore. Most groups will respect that. Especially if you say the reason is you're atheist and uninterested.

Edited 2016-02-29 00:12 (UTC)

Just tell you're into Thelema or the Temple Of Set!

Just tell them that and ask them not to contact you again, done. It's that easy, they aren't stalkers. It worked for my dad, he asked them to write down our addressees and never visit us again because we aren't interested on their religion and they never came back.

Post a sign on your door declaring you are a militant Pagan household and all proselytizers will be sacrificed and eaten.

Most of the time you can get them to leave you alone and still be very nice about it. You don't have to shut the door in their face or anything, just say you aren't religious/aren't interested.

When we used to get the JWs coming through our neighborhood once a year, I always invited them in and gave them some refreshments. But I also made it very clear that I'm already a devout heathen and not interested in conversion. Mostly they seemed pretty happy to have someone friendly to talk to about theology and religious differences and whatnot. I never had any problems with them being pushy or trying to 'follow up' on visits since I made sure they understood I wasn't a possible convert.

"Thank you for visiting but I am not interested in your material. Could you please leave? Have a good day" <- basically what I once said. They let me keep the cookie though.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only