I have my own religion, thank you.
 

Ok, I'm not talking about religion. I have a question...how do you keep religious groups from coming to your house, trying to tell you that their religion is better than yours?
I put a sign by my doorbell, but they ignored it and rang anyway.:mad: Prince gets very worked up when the doorbell rings, which will make his breathing worse. Every Sunday I have to go through this.
Any ideas?

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Gez, I don't know how you can get them not to ring the doorbell :confused:

When they come to my house I just tell them... No Thank You I'm Catholic - that ususally p*sses them off :D

I have found that a few strategically placed pentagrams and some fake blood around our door usually do the trick. ;)

Just kidding. I don't have any suggestions, but I can sympathize. (And for some reason, I feel like being rude to a church crusader would buy me a one-way ticket to a hotter climate.) We have no soliciting signs at the entrance to our neighborhood and we still get ppl trying to sell us vaccum cleaners every few weeks. :rolleyes:

You can hang a sign over the door bell that say's "DO NOT EVEN THINK OF RINGING THIS BELL". A no soliciters sign sometimes works. A Mossberg 500 12 gauge always works.

wow. i havent seen that in years. i guess they stay away from our house. :D

It took a while for them to get the idea I wasn't interested. It also helps knowing when you see a bunch of well dressed people...they usually come in twos and fours...it is going to be them and I just don't answer the bell.

From what I understand, No Solicitation signs are ignored by certain religious groups. I believe that No Trespassing signs are honored by them.
What I am thinking of putting on my door is this:

No Solicitations
No Trespassing (for religious groups)

If you just put No Trespassing no one will come to your home. I don't want ANY solicitations at all. The above should cover it. I once had a sign that said No Solicitations and this includes Watchtower I never had them come, but a really persistent person would probably ignore it since the Supreme Court said they can.

Guess you tried someone No Solicitation idea :p

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I just don't answer the door! I pretty much do not answer the door unless I recognize the person through the peep hole! :p

Years ago when I was in property management though, we had this problem at our apartments. All the "no solicitor" signs were posted and they didn't care and we would get call after call from residents.
So I always had to hop on my golf cart and go and argue with them how this indeed was soliciting and it usually ended with me saying we will let the police escort you off and decide if it's soliciting or not! :)

The Shotgun will always work, and you are allowed to carry it indoors on your property!

The Supreme Court sided with them saying it is not solicitation.

It is beyond me why people have such a need to invade the space of others.

I don't answer my door either, but I do not like people standing out there ringing the bell annoying me and my dogs. I have thought about putting a sign out there saying...don't ring this bell ... if you know me, you will have called to let me know you are coming. All others Go Away. I have a neighbor with a sign that says all trespassers will be shot and if they get up to run they will be shot again. Not so sure I would go that far. haha

Geez, I didn't know that. The police used to escort them off. Does that only pertain to soliciting or what about "No trespassing" signs?

If you don't want them to ring your doorbell, you can disable it. We got a lot of Church solicitations when we first moved in, but don't get so much any more. We do get a lot of other solicitations though. If I see them coming I usually just meet them on my front porch, or quickly put my dogs out in the back yard. My dh is too much of a softie and always tells them they will have to talk to me instead of just telling them we are not interested. Poor folks, they get false hope coming back only to have to hear me tell them no thank you. For many, it is the only job they can get and I can't imagine having to have a job where most of what you hear is rejection (with solicitors) so there is no reason to be rude, but if they push me, I will get short with them.

Used to be bothered by a certain sect in England.
I was upstairs one day and the doorbell rang. I looked out the window and sure enough it was that sect.
I put on a dressing gown over my clothes and went down to answer the door.
I politely told them they were interrupting the Lord's work. When they looked confused I told them that it was my husband's day off work, and the bible does say "Go forth and multiply"

They never came to our house again, I think I embarrassed them:)

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We used to get alot of Jehovah witnesses in our neighborhood going door to door. I have told them Im not interested and please dont come back again and they dont.

That's hilarious...lol.

Usually not too many come to where we live, it's a bit out of their way. But in the summer we had a few coming, bringing their kids. When I first saw them standing at the door I thought it was the new neighbors to say hello and introduce themselves, but then the girl started reading the bible and of course I didn't want to be rude in front of the child. But from then on I kept the door closed.
I also purchased a sign. "Beware of the dog, enter on your own risk!" Just have to work on Merlin's bark now, it's a bit too high pitched.

How about a quarantine sign?

Or "Your first amendment rights ended at my property line. Go away!"

It was bad enough when you couldn't go anywhere in public without someone asking for a handout or wanting to give you religious tracts, but now I'm turning away a half dozen people from my door every day that I'm home.

I'm feeling very cranky today...

I can't even go to the mall anymore without being chased down from someone in a booth wanting to straiten my hair for me! :eek:

I did a search on the internet one day and it said that they have to abide by no trespassing signs, but not no soliciting. LAME to me, but hey whatever works. I kind of like Steve's idea. :D

That is another bug of mine. I don't mean to offend anyone, but seriously what kind of person takes a job like that? Harrassing people?? You say no thank you and they persist....just one question they all say. No...NO questions...leave me alone. sheesh

I knew a man that got so tired of this happening that he decided to handle it his own way. :rolleyes: First of all, this guy is a HUGE prankster and has a VERY dry sense of humor so not everyone 'gets' him. However, he was trying to make a point this particular day. So he invites these two men in, starts talking with them for a little bit and then asks them if they could wait until his husband got home and he also offered them a beer....as he took a shot of whiskey. I know it's wrong but I got such a kick out of it and how he described their expression(s) as they were trying to quickly escape his home. :p

Okay, Im not one to get offended or upset but this post does hurt me. I'll keep it short. LOL

My boyfriend is mormon (and yes, im guilty, ive made the multiple wife, weirdo, door to door jokes too). I was WAY uneducated. Although he has never been, his cousin is in China finishing up his mission (which is basically the going door to door thing.) Mormons are CHRISTIANS and all you have to tell them when they come to the door is that your are not interested and they are MORE than happy to say okay, and walk away.

The Jehovah Witnesses are the persistent ones and never give up and will ring your door bell 4389 times until you answer. They are annoying and well.. weird. :rolleyes: lol, look at me, im a hypocrit.

Either way, I hide from the witnesses and I do answer the door to the Missionaries. I just tell them no thank you.. and 9 times out of 10.. they are SUPER cute :)

I have never been harrassed by a Mormon. They only come back if you want them to do so.

I might add, I am Catholic. Catholic's knock on doors but do not keep coming back like energizer bunnies.

Tell them they got there just in time,your robbing the place and you need a hand carrying the big screen tv out the door.

I never open my door when they come...I speak through the door. I've told them to please not come on my property again. I have a "No _______ _______!" sign rght above my door bell, and the last time they came, I asked them (throught the door) if they could stop harrassing my family!!!! "Please take us off of your list!"
I'm not going to disconnect my doorbell, we have it for a reason. We do have a sign at the beginning of our subdivision, but I don't know which one...I think it is the solicitation one. The people are always dresses so nice, and the children seem to be well behaved, but if I wanted to go to their place of worship, I would look up the address, get my GPS, and go! One time I had three different groups come by. Maybe I should turn on our sprinkler system when I see them!!
(I've never heard of Catholics going door to door??!!) Maybe I should get a door mat that says NO _________ _______!!!!!!!!!
That's it...a door mat. I would put it out the first thing on Sunday mornings! (Now I have to hive out who sells them.)

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I've always worked shifts. I put a very legible sign on my door. Do not disturb, day sleeper. Most solicitors, religious or otherwise, do not want to knock, ring or in any way want to deal with a ticked off homeowner they just woke up after clearly reading a sign that said not to. Once or twice in the last thirty years I've had to answer the door, disheveled, and the words are you f**king kidding me? usually sends them on their way.

I have a friend that raises and trains GSDs and he had a couple of Witnesses that persisted on coming in to his home. He finally relented. He was on his way to work and they insisted they wouldn't take much of his time...yeah, right. Eventually, (they were sitting on his couch) he put his Alpha dog in a sit, stay, watch, guard mode and left for work. If the guests so much as moved the dog would pin its ears back and bare its teeth. They sat there until his wife got home from work, 2 hours later, and released the dog. They never returned, word got out to the rest of the church and they were never bothered again.

Mormons are always polite, neatly dressed, usually cute and yes, take no for an answer. The city I live in doesn't allow anyone, religious or business to go door knocking without a permit from city hall which means they've had a background check and paid a fee. Otherwise we go after them, cite them and kick them out. Makes it nice.

Love it!!!