How would you like it?

Question

If I went to the house of a religious man at 8am on a saturday morning & asked if I could enlighten him on my athiest beliefs do you think he would be open to it? I only ask because Mormons & Jehovahs get offended when they come to MY HOUSE & start spreading propaganda, & I ask them to leave

Answer 1

Wrong timing causes discomfort and disturbs the peace. Sure it is right to be offended if the propaganda is made at the wrong time to anybody..

Answer 2

In the United States, Jehovah's Witnesses do not begin their house-to-house ministry before 9:am, except perhaps to businesses which are clearly open. In some areas, and on the weekends, local congregations may choose to wait until 10:am or later before knocking on doors in their territories.

In addition, it is quite difficult to believe that a Jehovah's Witness would ignore a conspicuous "Do Not Disturb" or "Night Worker Sleeping" sign clearly posted at the door and/or doorbell. Since they try to knock on every door at least twice each year, there is little incentive for them to delay or obsess over a particular door, especially if it may alienate or anger the householder.

It seems that from time to time, a secular house-to-house canvasser has noted the anger or annoyance on the face of an approaching householder and so the canvasser has chosen to deflect the householder's animus away from himself and onto the best-known door-to-door group the world has ever known: Jehovah's Witnesses.

It is interesting that Jehovah's Witnesses engage in their ministry without regard to their personal benefit, but instead in obedience to Christ's command and in expression of their love for God and neighbor. In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses would go from door-to-door even if there were no hope that anyone would change their religion, or even if no one would listen to them!

That is because Jesus Christ specifically assigned the house-to-house ministry to the Christian congregation, with no regard for specific results.

(Luke 10:1,2) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Jehovah's Witnesses are trained to direct attention to the bible, and move on when their message is unwanted. Since each congregation in the United States tries to call at every home in its territory at least twice each year, there is strong motivation for them to move on where little interest is shown. Also, the Scriptures help the Witnesses to expect little interest from most:

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching ...and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm

Answer 3

I think they are fun to talk to.

Most religious people do not know how to respond if you take the things that they say and apply logic to them.

Try it, it gets very interesting.

I have actually had a couple of them thank me for helping them to see things in a new light.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 4

Listen, in all fairness I've never had a Mormon of JW get offended when I've asked them to leave.

They're just terribly misguided people doing what they think is right...

Answer 5

Given the nature of some of the Christians I've met, doing so might involve serious physical risk.

Answer 6

I didn't know atheists had beliefs.

Won't bother me if you went to a religious man's house at 8 am on a Sat morning to tell him that you don't think that God exists. I dare you to start you mission. Send me a pamphlet.

Answer 7

I agree,you have the right to not listen as they have the right to spread their propaganda.If they are true in their faith they wouldn't get mad they would go on down the street to the next person.

Answer 8

Atheists have other things to do with their time.

Answer 9

I am a Christian and I don't lidten to non-Christians