ANSWERS: 23
  • Polite indifference.
  • Complete shock and disgust. At least when I answer the door wearing nothing but clown shoes and a Lone Ranger mask.
  • They don't come to my doorstep, because I have a sign in English and Spanish on my door that reads, "Unexpected knocks are NOT answered." Some still knock, but become convinced that the sign is factual, when the door isn't answered. +5
  • I never had mormons knock on my door,I had a few Jehovah witness,though!!!
  • Generally im nice to them and simply tell them im a Happy Catholic and dont need to hear any of their preaching.
  • I smile, say hello, and if it's cold I'll invite them in to warm up a bit. I usually know them personally through my in-laws, who are mormon. They know I'm not interested in becoming mormon though, so they don't show up very often.
  • +5 I only get morans at the door. No Mormons but I would get them a cold drink and ask them to tell me about it. I am Baptist but I do listen to these things
  • I don't answer the door. I just don't want to deal with it. What a thankless task they have though!
  • I'm nicer than i used to be. I politely tell them I'm not interested and thank them for stopping by. If they wake me up (they are usually not as bad as JW's with the early morning thing), I get ornery and f*ck with them.
  • I invite them in to get shitfaced drunk..even though I no longer drink I would still serve them alcohol if they so desired then boot them out after they were falling down drunk. I did get a Jehovahs witness good and falling down drunk once..years ago.
  • I don't open the door.
  • no mormons, just JW's. I say I am a JW,too. I am a Jesus Witness. They dont know what to say. See, there is another story religion.
  • A more friendly reaction than if a Bob Jones fundamentalist shows up on my doorstep.
  • lol i dont answer the door =P
  • I have a sign on the door. It's comical. A picture of Moe from the 3 stooges. It says: Moe Says: No I don't want to hear about your religion. Please don't knock.PS any tracts will be discarded, why waste them? I sometimes hear a laugh and a car pull away. Sometimes I hear someone say something like :That's so rude" So far in 5 years I have no heard a knock.
  • Usually confusion, because I give them a speech in proto-Norse about joining the troth of Thor while wearing a black robe I keep next to the door. The whole community is a non-solicitation community though, so the few that do come through usually don't get far before the guards show up and ask them to leave.
  • I don't mind Mormons coming by, they are always respectful and most of the time ask if they can help with anything, they don't preach. If you say you aren't interested they leave. I dislike Jehovah's Witness people more, cause they don't take NO for an answer and can be very rude, right down to inviting themselves into the back yard, if you don't answer the front door, and they hear you out there. One day they did that, and my dog went for them.
  • The last Mormons who showed up on my doorstop broke down to an hour-long peer-to-peer boy-talk between fellow guys in the same age bracket with some discussion on diversity thrown in. I respected their beliefs and had a sincere interest in learning more about them even though we all knew I wasn't about to be converted. They returned a couple of weeks later because, after the abuse others had heaped on them and their beliefs, they wanted a voice of reason and balance even though they knew I would not join. Either that or they just thought I was cool and they were in the neighborhood so why not make a social call. As a devout Agnostic, I don't agree with their religious beliefs but I don't put them down either. After all, they *might* be right. I may question a few things about their beliefs but I respectfully decline to refute them. Let us not forget that ALL missionaries, regardless of faith, are people too. People with a thankless job, not much different from policemen or firemen only without the occasional parade to celebrate them. They truly believe that they are doing the right thing and saving people so you CANNOT fault them for that.
  • I don't answer the door for the uninvited. Neighbors and family are exceptions. +3
  • A feigned pained facial expression, usually. It helps to speed things along without getting rude. ;-)
  • I have a stopwatch. They have to let me serve them a drink while I have one. I get to talk as long as they do. It's over when I say it is. They won't do it.
  • I politely invite them in and tell them that I will listen but will also tell them what I believe. I have had some good encounters where one of the two really question what is said. If you can show them where the discrepancies come to play in their Book of Mormon, where the archeological evidence proves the book of Mormon an lie, show them evidence from The Smithsonian Institute and National Geographic Society that show the Book of Mormon could NOT be true, and also show where the Bible directly contradicts the Mormon book, and how what is written in the book of Mormon can not be true, then you have opened up some eyes to the deception of the Mormon religion. But... ALWAYS do it in LOVE, for these are people who need Love and Truth to show them the way.
  • They don't come to our doors. Instead they stop on the street, talk, and wait to be invited.

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