It is a southern "thang". Since coming back from Korea in the early 50s, I have lived in most areas of the United States. Nowhere else do they say grace in an auto at Burger King. Nowhere else do I receive phone calls at 8 PM from a Baptist Church prosletizing Nowhere else do I get a knock on the door and open it at 8:30 PM and find no one there except for a pamplet from the baptist church across the street. Do your churches have a hit list of people they try to save? I am happy as an atheist except for the people who think I am not happy since I have not been saved. How do I get off your "Call" list??? Better yet, give me the old answer. "If you don't like it here, move".
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A friend suggested this to me when the jw kept coming by-You make a little sign. Nice little framed sign hung over the doorbell that says, "If you are unexpected or uninvited, you are also unwelcome-ring bell at your own risk" (I didn't put the ring bell part on my sign) It worked for me. Someone said they put one up that said "Beware of dogs-christians taste like chicken to them".
I had forgotten about that, it was a long time ago. I don't see anybody going door to door anymore trying to "witness". Not saying they don't, just not around here. Sometimes they leave the pamplets on the counters of stores or restaurants, or they try to hand them to you.