There are some hilarious stories on this page about people pranking JWs.
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/ ... s_witness/
Anyway, here are some more comments from that page from former JWs:
untoldriches wrote:
Being polite when telling them to never come back will NOT prevent them from returning, at least the vast majority of the time. We were taught to only put people on the Do Not Call list if they were hostile to the point where there was a good chance that they would become violent or call the cops if we returned. If you were just polite and said, "Thank you, but I'm not interested so please don't return," you'll get another visit next time that street is being worked.
We also would generally ignore No Soliciting signs (because we weren't selling anything, doncha know). No Trespassing signs work okay in rural areas, but not in urban and suburban neighborhoods. We'd generally ignore them there. "No Jehovah's Witnesses" signs can be hit-and-miss. Definitely not 100% effective, as there will always be some ultra-righteous Witness who will ignore it.
Even getting put on the Do Not Call list doesn't guarantee that you'll be left alone. You'll get called on less frequently, but they will check at least every couple years to see if you've moved.
zeyus wrote:
...I used to be a JW and they're trained weekly in ways to overcome "conversation stoppers" (example: If someone says "I'm not interested" what should you do? ... Say, are you not interested in this particular article, or religion in general? etc etc etc)
Also told that those signs don't mean anything, and at least in the UK and Australia, everyone has a right to walk to your front door without it being trespassing.
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A simple no tresspassing sign works. They will take your address and send a letter possibly tho, no one will come on your property.
exjw here. No, that doesn't work. JW's have gone to court and successfully established that coming to your front door and ringing the doorbell is not trespass, so they don't feel that they are violating "No Trespassing" or "No Soliciting" signs.
Simply answering the door, confirming they are JWs (and not Mormons or door-to-door Baptists or some other such sect), and then saying "I do not want Jehovah's Witnesses to call here again" should put you on their "Do Not Call" list.
Most JWs will try to honor that list, though errors do happen.
tinyblueddot wrote:
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The main focus is not converting people, it's to allow people to read the bible and understand it for themselves
Ex-JW here. I used to say this too... but it's not true. The ultimate goal of any JW at your door is to convert you. When they say that's not their goal, they're lying to themselves as well as you.
29 Oct 2014, 11:12 am
