Religious folk knocking the door every weekend

[brummie]

Hello folks,

As an East Dulwich resident I have often suffered the weekend knock, occasionally whilst I am having a lie-in on Saturday mornings, from the more evangelical churches in our area. I am an atheist, I find Yahweh revolting, I find religion ridiculous and coming from a mixed muslim and christian background, often cruel, discriminatory and self-serving. Over 30years I have argued with the door knockers, invited them in for a row, slammed the door and sworn at them to deter them from ever knocking my door again and disturbing me just to justify their religion to themselves through me.

However, as I was about to leave the house this Saturday morning past two charming, handsome black women banged on my door I opened i and laughed at them as their purpose was obvious, they laughed too. I explained I was an atheist as is my wife, and could we in some way register our out of evangelical pester power AND THEY SAID YES WE COULD!!!

Apparently if you ask the door knockers to refrain from banging on your door again they will register your objection at their church and will not disturb you again! This is the sort of service I want from my local church! And all I have ever asked for really.

I wonder whether we can create a list that the local churches can distribute amongst their selves cheaply that means that those of us uninterested in 'faith' thingummy stuff can be left undisturbed in house when they go out evangelicising. What do you think?

[Loz]

Hallelujah!

[PeckhamRose]

Sort of like the Telephone Preference Service you mean?

Wot, and miss out on the opportunity to have fun testing theories and making them sound like idiots, on days you're feeling bored and mischievous?! I like spouting from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or - more radically, the very wonderful Pat Condell, who some people - even Atheists and Humanists - can not stand!, just to watch their little religious eyes glaze over.

[Jeremy]

Ideally this would be an opt-in "service", rather than opt-out.

[pommie]

"handsome" black women?!!

[Loz]

hand?some/ˈhan(d)səm/Adjective

1. (of a man) Good-looking.

2. (of a woman) Striking and imposing in good looks rather than conventionally pretty.

[HonaloochieB]

Where do I go to register my interest in having handsome women coming to my door of a Sunday?

Actually any day would be fine.

[BB100]

brummie Wrote:

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Over 30years I have argued with

> the door knockers, invited them in for a row,

> slammed the door and sworn at them

so if you had just been polite in the first place..................

[mockney piers]

ha ha, that thought struck me too.

I'm actually rather fond of the old ladies who knock on our door once every two or three months. I usually have a nice chat with them, discuss a bit of theology with them but leave them under no illusions as to the chances of my turning up to their church.

On a slightly pedantic point about evangelical churches, isn't that a tautology?

I was under the impression that Christianity was an intrinsically evangelical religion even though the vast majority don't necessarily badger others into having their souls saved.

[BB100]

evangelical and evangelising is not the same thing.

[giggirl]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> Where do I go to register my interest in having

> handsome women coming to my door of a Sunday?

>

> Actually any day would be fine.

I think you'll find these are not the floosies you seek Hooch.

[aspidistra]

There are some of these nuts living on my street In this particular case, I've found their actions to be greedy and irresponsible.

Keep two large-capacity water pistols to hand.