How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?
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How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?I get bothered a lot by these evangelical types on the way home near the tube station, and often I'm hassled by people ringing on my door. Sometiems i ignore them but they go inside my porch lately and shout through my postbox saying 'is anyone here?' and it makes me think that its a delivery and it ends up being them. I'm not interested in being converted or chagned to any religion. I have a christian background yet these guys often think that I'm the 'wrong' kind of Christian.
What's a better way of saying eff off? I'm started to get annoyed and it undermines my polite demeanour. -
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Re: How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?Tell them you're not interested and 'Please don't come back again'.
If they don't get the message from that and return again, I think you're within your rights to be a little less polite and a little more blunt.
Religious or not, unless it's for something like a delivery, I think it's incredibly rude to shout into anyone's home through the letterbox. They deserve a frank admission that you don't care for what they've got to say and not to come back again.Last edited by jumpingjesusholycow; 29-06-2012 at 15:24. -
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Re: How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?I'm lucky I don't have to deal with that sort of thing in Middlesbrough, must be the most un-religious place on earth.
You could, like others have said, say that you are not interested. Or you could invite them in and trash any religious 'fact' they have to throw at you? -
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Re: How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?You can still be polite about it.(Original post by Rugar)
I get bothered a lot by these evangelical types on the way home near the tube station, and often I'm hassled by people ringing on my door. Sometiems i ignore them but they go inside my porch lately and shout through my postbox saying 'is anyone here?' and it makes me think that its a delivery and it ends up being them. I'm not interested in being converted or chagned to any religion. I have a christian background yet these guys often think that I'm the 'wrong' kind of Christian.
What's a better way of saying eff off? I'm started to get annoyed and it undermines my polite demeanour.
A simple "Sorry, but I'm not interested" or "Sorry I'm a little busy right now".
I've used the busy one quite a bit before, they say they will come back another time but they never will, they get the message. -
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Re: How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?Threaten them with legal action, say it's harassment. There probably isn't a law against shouting through a letterbox, but act like there is and they'll soon leave you alone.
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Re: How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?If they are coming up to you in public and hassling you in an attempt to make you believe what they believe, I don't understand why it is that you should be polite to them. I personally always stop and either engage in a discussion with them and attempt to establish to them how incorrect their position is - which obviously they will never accept - or just openly mock them and fool about.
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Re: How do I politely tell religious people to leave me alone?"Excuse me, there is no implied right of access to this property. By simply setting foot through the front gate without my consent you are trespassing on my property, and if i catch you doing it again i will take legal action. Now **** off!"
