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is it okay if i do this

Shane H.

New Member
my family and i are baptists, so we always turn down the mormons when they go from door to door asking if they can read scripture.

i know this is a sin, but would it be okay if i let our dogs out just before they arrived. we don't have rotts or pins, just a jack russel and german shorthaired pointer.

i've just always thought it would be fun :jiggy: :woohoo: :162:
 

Aqualung

Tasty
:D I couldn't help myself, I just started laughing. I would definitly hate to be those guys, though. :D
Seriously, though, missionairies have so much crap happen to them all the time. Can't you be the one nice family they talk to? (still, I can't stop laughing. It's just a funny thought. The jack russel . . . )
 

Shane H.

New Member
i was thinkin' he might pee on the guys leg or somethin'

or maybe i could answer the door wearing a devil/demon halloween costume.
 

Aqualung

Tasty
:D That's some funny stuff. You'll have to visualize this (which may be hard, because you know nothing but about me) but I was as close to rolling on the floor and crying as I have been in a long time. I'm having trouble typing. I've had to delete a ton of letters already. Ahhh . . . that was nice . . .
 

Aqualung

Tasty
I think soem missionairies might get a kick out of the latter, thought I'm sure how many would appreciate having to go to the rest of the houses with a peed-on leg.
 

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber
I always wanted to yell "ALMS FOR ALLAH!!!" when I see a missionary. Then laugh at them when the say that Allah is a "fake" god, and the christian god is the only true one.
 

jeffrey

†ßig Dog†
I believe it was Jeff Foxworthy you said he would draw the outline of a body on his porch, throw some Religious literature around it, put some police tape around all that to keep them from knocking on the door. :)
 

Crystallas

Active Member
One of the coolest guys that I have ever met had to do a mission. He came back from that hating people, and he wasnt a "force on all" preacher. I felt bad, and it was sad to see him change so much.
I used to f*q with those guys(Invite them inside and put some gay pr0n on/blast dread metal/pretend that im blind or deaf...ect) Now I dont, I just tell them that Im not ready. Believe it or not, it works.
 

Circle_One

Well-Known Member
My brother got fed so fed up with them coming to our door all the time that once, when he'd had it, he answered the door, talked to them for a few minutes and agreed to read their literature, only if they'd agree to read his, at which point he handed them a copy of The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey. Needless to say, they never returned.
 

Watcher

The Gunslinger
Ah, those are all good ideas, but here's one that takes much less time.
Type up "My Pit Bull is an Atheist*" and tape it to your door;)

* or..Ungoldy heathen...satanist...whatever floats your boat:biglaugh:
 

Bastet

Vile Stove-Toucher
I had a couple of Jehovahs rock up on my doorstep last week. Before they'd gotten far into their spiel, I told them that I don't believe in their God, that I don't believe in organised religion, and that they were wasting their time with me, as I follow my own path and am not interested in theirs. I also told them to save a tree and keep their literature, since I would only throw it away. And I said it all with a smile. :D

One of them asked me, "But when you see wonders of the trees and the birds [blah blah blah], doesn't that lead you to believe in a creator?".
"Yes," I said. "It's called nature." :p They probably stuck me under the 'Tree-Hugging Hippy' category. They were quite horrified, really.
 

The Black Whirlwind

Well-Known Member
Im trying to think of the best way to annoy the JW when they come around next time, and i thought of pretending that im a psychic and start talking about their future (they hate psychics), or act like i'm posessed and start speaking in tongues and throwing "devil powder" at them.
 

michel

Administrator Emeritus
Staff member
I have always found that Bastet's approach is the best, as with other unwanted salesmen;

"Thank you ever so much for the offer, but I am perfectly happy with my own Faith/Vacuum cleaner; I don't want to waste your time, because there is no way that I would entertain buying your vacuum cleaner/ take up your faith".

My mother had the art of being extremely polite to everyone - I never saw her being rude; there is an art to being assertive without being confrontational, or rude. I'm not quite as good at it as she was, but I am still practicing.........:)
 

Suzy

Member
Mmmm, some interesting ideas,but if you realy are not interested then why not just put a sighn on your door saying "No Religious callers" That would save all involved alot of otherwise wasted time.

Sue
 

kreeden

Virus of the Mind
And where would be the fun in that Suzy ? :rolleyes:

But really , I have had little trouble just saying " No thanks ", and leaving it at that . BTW , trying to debate religion with a JW is a BIG mistake . :) They love that .
 

Bastet

Vile Stove-Toucher
Suzy said:
...why not just put a sighn on your door saying "No Religious callers"
Why should I have to? :sarcastic

If I wanted someone trying to convert me to their religion, I would go check out their church/place of worship. Same rule applies with the vaccuum cleaner...or anyone else coming to my door trying to sell me something, or calling me on the phone trying to sell me something for that matter. It's a simple enough concept.

Or perhaps I'll just put a sign up on my door saying "P*ss Off!" :banghead3
 

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber
Ive always gotten a sudden urge to leave my home just before a missionary comes by. When I get back, sure enough, they left pamplets.
 

Voxton

·
When I was working the night shift, I felt kinda lonely, so when the Mormon missionaries knocked on my door, I figured hey, why not? I invited them in.

They were quite young, very polite, but not very knowledgeable. I told them right up front, of course, that I did not believe. They kept coming back with more and more material, but we never really got anywhere, because I felt it would be unfair for me to get into a deep, religious debate with someone so young and naive.

They eventually stopped coming by, and I'm not sure if this was because of any specific incident, or just because they gave up -- but there was an embarrassing moment, when I burst out laughing at one of their promotional tapes (which were extremely well produced) misspelled "Jesus Christ" -- I think they left out the "h" or something. I didn't intend to mock or ridicule them, but it seemed so absurd that such a high quality production would make such a bad mistake, so when I saw it, I just burst out laughing and yelled, "Oh dude, they misspelled Jesus Christ!"

At the same time, by some odd coincidence, a Jehovah's Witness dropped by. I talked with him by the door for a while -- he didn't want to come inside. He was perfectly polite and respectful, and by no means pushy (the JWs used to be very pushy in the past, with the all-out "foot in the door" thing, but they don't do that at all anymore -- although this reputation still sticks with them), but he far more eager about getting into a serious debate. Besides, he was a middle-aged guy, and seemed far more knowledgeable than the Mormon kids.

After a short debate, he lauded my knowledge of the Bible, and that he'd return with some more documentation, and another person, to get into the debate further. The next week, he showed up with an elderly fellow who had a huge stack of books and photocopies, and we went at it. I love a good debate, and although it's okay if it gets heated, I still think you should keep a cool head. The old man didn't. When his arguments didn't hold out, he got so angry, he screamed at me, and pounded his fist on my dining room table.

I didn't take any particular personal offence at this, but clearly -- to be a guest in someone's home, and act like that, that's pretty bad. They didn't return after that.

Couple of months ago, I was visiting a friend, when a couple of Mormons dropped by. He hates this kinda stuff, and apparently has problems getting rid of them. Well, we'd had a few brews, so I was tad inebriated, and since I'd seen them coming, when my buddy opened the door, I yelled "OH, MORMONS -- AWESOME!" and at that point they got extremely nervous, and were quite easy to get rid off. Shoot, I woulda liked to have invited them in.
 

Draka

Wonder Woman
Ironically I have never had a problem with Mormons. They come to talk, I invite them in, I share my views as well, even show them my altar and books on witchcraft. The ones that have come to me actually like it and keep coming back to visit with me...they NEVER preach at me either. The baptists that come to my door I have the hardest time politely getting rid of. As for JWs I had a couple of them show up on my door when I was going through divorce and I told them my mother in law was a JW and they smiled...I told them I hated her and wished I could feed her her own insides with a spoon and they left horrified.:biglaugh: I know that was mean...but they caught me on a very bad day in which there was a big blow up with the woman over the phone right before they showed up...BAD TIMING! :p

Actually I always thought it would be fun when someone like that is at my door to turn around and yell into my place to "put the goat back on the altar!!!":biglaugh:
 
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