2007-11-10 06:19:58 · 58 answers · asked by Your Mom 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I dont think so, unless its my dad or sister, then its rude.
2007-11-10 07:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, of course, it is not rude to not answer your door.
When Jehovah's Witnesses call at your door, they have no way of knowing what's going on in your home at the moment. You may be not at home, sick, tired, depressed, contemplating suicide, praying for God's help, under the influence of drugs or alcohol, don't feel like talking, had a bad day, not up yet, cooking, eating, or any number of things. So, as a group, we try to be considerate and not call too early, knock softly if it looks like the occupants may still be in bed, and leave relatively quickly if we are pointedly told, "I'm not interested, "I've got the flu," "I'm leaving for work," etc. (If you work nights and sleep days, please put a little sign to that effect, and we will not knock at your door in the morning.) For those who are depressed or tired of living or praying to God for help, our calls have given them renewed hope. However, as "achtung_heiss" mentioned above, if you do not answer the door, we will assume that you are not at home and will try again and again to find you at home. So, if you are home and adamantly do not wish to talk with us, just a quick "I'm not interested" and closing the door will suffice. Or, if you prefer, you can even tell us that while you're standing behind your closed door, and we'll be on our way.
Those of you who say you are "scared" of us have no need to be. (I'd be scared, too, if I believed all the untrue comments on this site.) But the truth is, we love God and our neighbors and this moves us to share with you all we have learned about God and his wonderful purpose by means of his Kingdom (as did Jesus' apostles - Acts 4:20; Acts 8:12, and, of course, Jesus Christ himself- Luke 4:43: "I must declare the good news of the kingdom of God, because for this I was sent forth.").
Matt 24:14: "And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come."
So, though it's not rude to not answer your door, there's much more to gain by answering your door.
2007-11-11 06:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jill 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. what's rude is they knock on your door at 7 a.m. any day of the week, yet on the weekend is even worse! How approximately in case you're bare and have an attack dogs status next to you, waiting to chase them off the valuables, and you tell the dogs to bypass get them? LOL They actually does not come back back! LOL
2016-09-28 23:28:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, unless one has an appointment with them.
Of course, it is a householder's best interests to answer the door to Jehovah's Witnesses even if the householder is uninterested in their message.
In most parts of the United States, if a particular address is not home Jehovah's Witnesses return TWO MORE TIMES in an attempt to reach the householder. It seems more practical to simply open the door and tell them you're not interested.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.ca/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
2007-11-10 09:52:30 · answer #4 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, I would consider it the same as a salesperson or someone like that coming to your door. If you feel guilty about not answering the door, just open the door and tell them "Sorry, I'm not interested, have a good day", and then if they keep going on, just tell them good bye, and close the door, they are being rude in that case for not honoring your wish to be left alone.
2007-11-10 06:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Ray Langston 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I feel no obligation to answer my door when someone knocks unless I am in the mood for a visitor. If they come at a bad time... then I do not answer.
If my husband is not home, I never answer the door to ANY stranger. I just feel more safe that way.
2007-11-10 15:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by Proud Momma 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, its not rude. It is rude to answer the door to be rude to them on purpose. My sister does this and thinks its funny. I just feel badly that they really believe they are saving the world. A Jehovah Witness came to my door recently and tried to tell me that only a certain number o people are chosen to go to heaven, but the bible clearly states that anyone who accepts Christ as their savior and believes that he died for our sins and rose again can go to heaven. Its saddens me when people work so hard towards the wrong goal, when the answer is so easy.
2007-11-10 06:28:46 · answer #7 · answered by flowerandkevin 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is rude that they keep knocking when I have told them not to. I work all week and I like a little peace and quiet on the weekends.
2007-11-10 06:26:48 · answer #8 · answered by DeCaying_Roses 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not rude at all, may be rude if you opened the door in the buff, that would give them something to pray about.
True story: I once opened the door to 2 JW and one of them was a girl I went to high school with, she was looking down at the bible going through the spiel, then she looked up and recognized me and realized she was wasting her time, we exchanged pleasantries and they moved along. Pretty funny.
2007-11-10 06:33:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
When I was a teen I told them I worship Satan,and they never came back.My friend down the street answered his door with no shirt on and had fake blood on him,he told them he was raping a virgin.About 10 min later the police came and searhed his house.I think he had to pay some fines.
2007-11-10 06:25:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, and I don't know a way to get rid of them (other than have a dog chase after them) when you do answer the door. I have an ex-boyfriend that had a dog that hated these guys. When they showed up at the door, the dog chased them off the property and they never showed up there again! lol
2007-11-10 06:23:58 · answer #11 · answered by honey 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋