Can I just tell them to "shake the dust off of their feet" or whatever and have them mark me down as "unrepentant?" I've tried being polite, I've tried being rude, I just want them to leave me alone! I mean, I don't go knocking on their doors telling them they've got it all wrong. Please help! Any Mormons here?
2007-03-16 06:01:58 · 18 answers · asked by Alowishus B 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Write a sign and leave it on the door:
Bubba, I've gone to get more beers and shotgun shells. Try not to disturn the rottweiller as it has awful toothache and is cranky. Be back in an hour.
2007-03-16 06:05:54 · answer #1 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, I did serve an LDS mission, and I don't know if this was only practiced where I was, but we'd keep a little book of addresses, noting where we've been and what they said - and the people who said "not interested" we'd make a note of that, and a date - it was kind of an unspoken suggestion to not go by that house again for at least 6 months to a year - to see if people in the house had changed (or if that person had changed).
It wouldn't be too unreasonable to look up the church's phone number in your phone book (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) and ask what the mission president's number is, and ask him to start that same policy in your area. It's beneficial to you to not be bothered, and to the missionaries to not have to spend their time on people who'd rather not talk to them.
Anyway, thank you for being polite to them thus far, it really does mean a lot.
2007-03-16 06:17:15 · answer #2 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call them and tell them not to visit you anymore and to make sure that no other missionaries visit you. If this does not work, which I can't imagine why, call the local bishop and tell him that you do not want to be contacted. All of these numbers will be in your local phone book under "The Church of Jesus Chrsits of Latter Day Saints" Tell them how you feel and that you really do not want to here their message anymore, and that you feel like they will not leave you alone. They really love their church and think what they are doing is good, so they may have kept trying because in their heart they thought it was right.
2007-03-17 02:50:42 · answer #3 · answered by divinity2408 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a LDS, I apologized for my fellow missionaries.
It is not our church policy to bother or irritate people.
Sometime they do miss handle the pass along info of the local households.
I live in a LDS neighborhood, and the missionaries alway knock on that same non-memember door, although I know they mean no harm, but it is over done I'm afraid.
I would suggest you call the local LDS Church and sent them a letter of some thing to express your feelings.
and if you choose to, put up a small obscure sign to indicate your wishes, so future missionaries can learn to repect your choices.
2007-03-16 09:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by Wahnote 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a mormon. Tell them that you understand what they are trying to do, but you are not interested. Tell them to not come back. They are not trying to condem you or offend you. They are trying to show that they care for you by sharing information with you that has brought joy to their lives. Missionaries leave their home for 2 years to teach or share information with strangers. Some ride bikes in very hot weather others in freezing snow. They postpone college, girls and personal goals to serve a mission. Some people are excited and gracious to hear what they have to say. Others are not so enthusiastic. At any rate their goal is not to irritate people, but to enlighten. If you are irritated, which it sounds like you are, don't feel bad about letting them know. They don't want to upset you. I hope this helped...
2007-03-18 15:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by flirl1027 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invite them in for Coffee (with a nip of brandy) and a Smoke.
Offer up that you work for Hanes underwear.
Ask if polygamy is still in effect.
Inquire what planet they're on.
Suggest that you could do this meeting by proxy via your relatives after you've passed on.
Allude to their visits, although trying to bring your to their ward, is going to send you to the hospital ward.
Seriously I don't suggest offending them by any of the above.
Just tell them politely you're not interested.
My mom always says, "We're already churched elsewhere."
"God bless you."
2007-03-16 07:00:57 · answer #6 · answered by doublewidemama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually got told by one of them that "I" need to call his temple and tell them there so they know to put me on their list...
I need to do WHAT?! Its them coming to my house and harassing me when I'm walking down the street, not the other way around. Don't they have a pen and paper? If not, they should. Its really very simple... if someone says "don't come back", then you write it down on a piece of paper and give it to your temple when you get back.
Grrrr... I don't think there is a way to stop them from harassing you unless you play into their little games so they can think they're important.
If they can't be bothered to write your address down and give it to their temple, then they deserve whatever nasty things people do to them (not shooting them or anything that drastic) like what my husband did to them one day. He was making dinner at the time and answered the door with blood on him because he was cutting meat. He invited them in to "worship the master" and they never came back.
I think they're lucky people don't take potshots at them with a gun for harassing them at home to join their religion.
Personally, I've gotten to the point where I'm not even nice to them anymore (unless they harass me on the street). I just slam the door. And someone needs to tell them its not the brightest thing to harass a woman on the street. Three times this year alone, they've followed me down the street (sometimes for blocks) preaching at me. It doesn't take alot of brains to realize that if a woman speeds up her walking, she finds you a threat and you need to back off or you may find the cops called about a "potential rape". Well apparently it takes alot for Mormons to realize that.
But yeah, I've been told that "I" have to call them to tell them to go away. So I guess thats the answer.
2007-03-16 06:21:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am not a mormon. The answer is to tell them that God has forbidden you to listen to the teachings of false prophets and to leave the property NOW!!
2007-03-17 07:02:50 · answer #8 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know that you can, cause the missionaries change all the time and they don't always know who does or does not want them to visit.
I would suggest that you just not open the door.
2007-03-16 07:08:52 · answer #9 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, Mormon missionaries will leave you alone if you ask. Are they really coming back? That's very out-of-character.
Mormons believe that even if you do not accept their faith while you're alive, that you'll still have the opportunity to do so after you die, so unlike evangelical Christians, who believe that you only have until you die to accept the "right" faith, Mormons don't sweat it cuz you'll have another opportunity after you die.
2007-03-16 06:07:28 · answer #10 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋