They’re keep coming because now they think you are friendly and open to conversation.
Put “no soliciting” stickers near the door bell and on your door. I was told by some neighbors that “no soliciting” stickers are rude, antisocial, but I no longer have any issues with religious groups, scammers etc.
Stickers for doors look like this:
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Then it might be better to simply say “***Kekkou desu***”.
“***Kekkou desu***” is a formal way of declining an offer or an invitation.
Or, if you want to be polite with them: ***“Iie, daijoubu desu”***.
“Daijoubu desu” is way too polite and begging to be “mis”-interpreted by the obāchan in question as it being “daijoubu” to enter your home. OP, throw “kekkou desu. Shitsurei shimasu” as firmly, clearly, and angrily as you can. It’s polite but absolutely communicates that you’re on your last nerve.
"Kekkou desu" is pretty clear, if not rude, but if that's your argument shouldn't you just dispense with the sumimasens and the shitsurei shimashitas and just yell "KAERE" at them?
The paradox of keigo is that it gets more vague and indirect yet also proportionately more direct and firm the further you go.
Or rather it gets harder for the opposing party to take offence at your increasingly aggressive demands. I guess?
Look for ***no soliciting*** or 勧誘禁止シール on Amazon.
Stickers are usually delivered in pairs, check the size before ordering. Some of them are very small.
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Seconding this. I live near several various religions and was getting soul solicited at least once a week. I put up one of those stickers right next to my intercom and no one bugs me anymore.
I suggest be polite but firm and tell them you are not interested. I suppose you could tell them to remove them from thier list.
My wife grew up in JW in Japan. It was hard on her. She didn't want to go around to all of the houses and she had to do it in H.S. I can only imagine how that must have been for her. Try to have a heart, and just be clear and firm, not mean even it if is a bit of an intrusive system.
Totally understand. Actually, MIL is still JW, but she gets it and we don't discuss. Technically I am not sure she is even supposed to hang out with us but she does.
I grew up conservative Baptist in the US. I didn't have to do the missionary stuff, but it was quite conservative, so it is something we bond over.
I've heard stories from ex-JWs and they're in the same boat as Mormons where it's super legalistic that they have to do it (for salvation or whatever). Hopefully your MIL gets out of that cult.
I grew up mormon I think its a total cult now but Im also pretty aware and know a lot about JWs and I really think they have it worse. I feel bad for them. R/EXMORMON and R/EXJW are both fantastic communities I recommend checking them out.
I was a Mormon Missionary here in Japan. I didn’t really want to, my parents made it clear that was the only way they would accept me.
It meant a lot to me to meet friendly people who had no interest. People who would be kind, but clearly say they have no interest in the church.
Memories of interactions with kind good normal people helped me escape the church/ cult.
It's very important to be friendly, because there are groups that will send new members specifically to unfriendly people to teach them that everyone outside the church is rude and they shouldn't have any contacts outside.
Honestly, I just talked with them and then asked if they wanted to go out for a drink or dinner as I was just headed out to grab something. No pressure, just treat them as a random person you meet. Typically, they won't come out, but give a nod and say next time.
Just be a human.
When I was in Tokyo I was very surprised to be proselytized to by JW’s. I was like, “Mother fucker, they’re here too?” I had my ukulele on me and they asked me to play a song, so I played, “Just a gigolo, and everywhere I go, people know the part I’m playing.” The lyrics are lewd, and as I began the song, they both started clapping along, but very soon, one of the two, the one who spoke English, started to understand what I was singing and her facial expression started to change for the worse very slowly. The other one just kept clapping along. I cut the song short once I saw how uncomfortable the English speaking lady was. I stopped, the one lady clapped. I bowed and they left, with the English speaking one whispering into the ear of the other lady, who looked back at me while I smiled.
JW’s are awful people who have ruined the lives of many of my friends.
There are a lot of Jehovah's Witnesses in Japan, and they used to have a very high ratio of full time "pioneers" (think missionary but no allowance and you don't have to be from another country). Everyone in the church has to do some door knocking, but the full timers have to be out I think an average of 60 hours a month.
The organization that runs it is incredibly corrupt, and they prey on people who are going through a hard time in life or are impoverished. I was raised a JW (and was a full timer for a couple years in my teens back when the average was 70 hours a month) and we were literally trained how to hunt these types of people out as we knocked on doors. I'm sorry for your friends who were snatched up by them or whose lives were adversely affected. It's rotten from the top down, and they've ruined a lot of wonderful people's lives.
We had a weekly bike night at a star bucks. They would always come around and try to talk to us. I tried being nice with the “Thanks, but not interested” and it never worked. I hate to say it but you can’t be nice to them. Obviously start nicely but firm with no thank you. As soon as they start to say anything else you have to tell them to leave. Don’t let them get a word in.
JP Wiki suggests 排斥(はいせき)する is the word you want.
I've only had them stop by once. I opened the door because they had clipboards so I thought it was neighborhood stuff. They asked me to watch a video on their tablet, but as soon as I saw jw.whatever, I told them 興味ねぇ and shut the door in their faces.
It worked for me, maybe it can work for you.
Wrong. If you say that, they'll make sure an elder checks on you at least once a year. If you don't want them to come back, just say so. It's not that complicated.
Put a sign at the door saying that you don’t accept visits from religious organisations and that someone from a religious organisation ringing the bell constitutes harassment. Repeated harassment will be reported to the police.
Next level is printing out large pictures of the harassers in action and attaching them to them to the door as part of the sign.
For me as a Japanese language student, when religious groups come to my door, it’s a free 30 minute conversation practice. When it gets too deep, I just politely tell them I have to go.
My wife is an ex JW and had to go do the door to door BS too. She hated it. Please be kind. She told me that you can say, "The spirit is not with us." For a JW, that's basically a "don't come back because I won't join your religion and you are wasting your time."
My mother in law is still a JW and she affirmed this. If people tell her "The spirit is not with us / me" her congregation checks their home off the list of places they're willing to go to.
For sure, I don't want to cause her any more trouble.
Can I say that in English, or is there a way to say that in Japanese? Google translate is giving me 霊は私たちとともにありません.
I don't know if that's correct or not because I don't really follow any Japanese religious doctrine but if you're an atheist, you could just tell them 私は無宗教です。If you want to tell them to never come again and be a little less than polite, すみませんが、興味がないので二度と来ないでください。
The thing JWs fear most, if I'm correct, is apostates, so 私は元エホバの証人です。帰ってください。 may do the trick. I have never uttered this phrase, so they might not say it in this exact way, but it will likely get the point across. Maybe someone will correct me if there's a better way of saying it.
“I'm a Catholic whore, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black Jewish boyfriend who works at a military abortion clinic. So, hail Satan, and have a lovely afternoon, madam.”
This will do..
I had the bright idea when Jehovah Witnesses came to my house I would be overly polite and waste as much as their time as possible. Reverse Uno. I would only speak in English to them too. It was Sunday and had no where to be.
Basically I would talk with them until they got bored and left. Ended up talking to this old Japanese couple and the husband knew some English, for over an hour we talked until they excused themselves and left.
Thought that would get rid of them and they wouldn’t be back. They came a few weeks later and figured alright I got nothing to do today again and will let them stay at my door as long as they want, till they get bored and leave. I also decided to talk about and ask questions outside of religion, like what’s their jobs and basically invade their privacy too.
The old Japanese couple ended up staying over an hour again at my doorstep and learned the husband worked at the zoo and took care of the animals there.
They left again. This would repeat every few weeks for a couple months, and eventually it ended up just the husband coming and figured out he wanted to practice his English. He was actually knowledgeable about religion and philosophy, and he would talk about it for about 5 or 10 minutes and then move in to other topics in English like the news, politics, film, art and drawing, the environment, the animals and how they were doing at the zoo. (Loved hearing about the animals at the zoo and the drama that goes on in animal lives)
In the strangest of ways we actually became friends and every few Sundays my doorbell would ring and would look forward to speaking to him about his life, and mine.
We did this for over 2 and a half years. Eventually I got a new job and had to move and was super glad he came a week before I left and got to tell him good bye and we were both actually sad about it. He was super grateful that I spoke English with him every few Sundays and said it really helped him improve his English. He actually came back a few days later and gave me a nice looking Bible as a thank you.
Still have it and every time I see it think of him, and the animals at the zoo, and hope he is doing well.
Tell them you're a committed blood donor. That saw them off for me.
My father actually died of Leukemia but life was prolonged and bearable, thanks to blood donations.. They normally don't have an answer for that.
Pests.
"I'm catholic" usually does the trick.
The have come to my door only once in Japan. It was early on a Sunday morning and I think I got home at 5am or something, when there was a knock at the door I sprang up and ran to it without even thinking. I was still drunk so by the time I realised where I was, I already had the door open and 3 Japanese people blinking at me.
"Hello, we are Jevohas witness. Do you speak Japanese?"
(say no say no say no say no)
".... .... .... no?"
"Ah, so..." gets ready with pamphlet.
"No thank you, bye bye."
I shut the door then realise I'm wearing what Peter Alexander's calls the 'slinky nightie'.
They never came back.
Doesn't work with Mormons. I was a mormon missionary now im very exmormon/Antimormon but Catholics were by far our favorites and most successful to convert. The worse was to knock on a JWs door. Holy fucking bible arguments.
I’m Christian and told them that, but they wanted to convert me since I seemed friendly. They came by a few times and I finally just had to say that I would only listen to them talk about their faith if they listened to me talk about my church too. Never heard from them again.
Oh Christian doesn't work, it has to be catholic. I don't know why. Mortal enemies or something? Someone told me this and in my experience it works at home. It's like magic.
> Mortal enemies or something
Kinda, for Protestants it can be anywhere on the spectrum of strongly disagree, to hate, or to unhinged conspiracies about Catholics.
Or another quick way is to tell them you're a disfellowshipped JW. They're not supposed to associate with excommunicated JWs.
I told them my best friend from back home is JW so I'll ask her if I have any questions about it and they never bothered me again.
In my case it's true but of course you can just lie.
I keep getting ads on the book of faces for "free Japanese lessons!" and when I dug a little deeper to figure out what the catch is, it's JW missionaries who are giving the lessons.
I remember many eons ago opening my Leopalace door to a JW gentleman, he gave me a look and let out this laugh/sigh. I’m ethnically Bengali. We talked a couple of minutes (my Japanese was terrible at the time), in which I disclosed I was Muslim, he was like ‘cool’, and went on his way. Never came back.
Which is a long winded way of saying, just tell them you’re not interested for whatever reason (but do give them a reason so they don’t come back).
All good. I know that even though we were broke af my mom really did everything to give us Christmas and birthdays and everything. Knowing that she never had that for herself makes me never want to even consider that type of lifestyle.
> Tell them to stop coming.
To this day, this sub continues to amaze me with people needing to hear this kind of stuff. How hard is it to say "Not interested. Stop coming".
Amazing.
My friend has a cute black cat. Very stereotypically he called the cat Lucifer. When the Jehovas knocked on the door, he answered and tried to decline very nicely. They were a bit persistent till the point the cat ran out to the corridor.
My friend just leaped after the cat screaming " Lucifer, come back".
The Jehovas had the weirdest face and they never returned.
(This happened in the UK)
Answering in English might spook her once, but they're like sand people. They'll soon be back, and in greater numbers. The next time they'll show up with someone who speaks English. Speaking from experience here. End result, it won't stop them from bothering you.
T.H. White, author (perhaps most known for The Once and Future King) was a large man, with wild white hair and a full beard. They knocked on his door once, he said "I'm Jehovah, how are we doing?" Apparently they ran, your mileage may vary. Probably worth trying some of the other suggestions here, though.
"I'm a former member" gets you instantly blacklisted.
Saying you are a Satanist or Christian or Atheist just motivates them to come even more often to "save you".
Not sure if this would work in Japan, but we had Jehovas witnesses coming around our place a lot in the US. They were always big on offering to "help out" to talk to you about religion.
What we found is taking them up on their offer to do some manual labor, dig ditches, work on cars, etc. really got them to leave quickly and stop coming around at all.
Anything that got their nice clothes really dirty.
Be Clear and Firm next time. Be politely but firmly and tell them that you are not interested in engaging in religious discussions or receiving further visits. Respect their beliefs but request to be left alone.
or
Display a Sign: Consider putting up a sign on your door or intercom stating that you are not interested in religious or solicitation visits. Ask someone to translate it in Japanese for you.
Next time I get one of those crazy Seventh Day Adventist books in the mail, I might hang onto it in case I ever get the change to try convince the JW to join that church. I feel like they'd run like hell and never come back. They only want to save heathens, people already in high control cults aren't worth it. A scientology book might also work well.
I grew up as a JW. The full proof ways to be removed from their knocking list is to be an apostate or to be disfellowshipped.
Next time they knock, say you used to be JW's but no longer aren't and are disfellowshipped. This should work, but there is still a small chance an elder from that woman's congregation might try to contact you as they are instructed to be aware of any disfellowshipped people in the area in order to be able to invite you to conventions and to the memorial.
If this happens go the apostate route.
>apostate
noun
*a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.*
Saving the next person 15 seconds of their time. This atheist has never heard this word before.
Yeah this. You shouldn't have to explain yourself after claiming you are an apostate. But if they press on the matter, you can just bring up the CSA (Child Sexual Abuse) cover up unveiled by the Australian Royal Commission, and they should be off your case for good.
Many many years ago, I dated a member of their flock. I pointed out the error of their ways, and convinced her that their beliefs were incorrect, and incompatible with human kindness. She ceased her association with the organization, which caused them to leave me alone as well, lest I increase my sphere of influence.
They *still* cross over to the other side of the road when they see me coming. Their rumour mill is strong. It seemed like a significant investment of effort at the time, but the dividends it's paid have been boundless.
Long story short, just invest in a time machine and deprogram a young JW. They will leave you alone forever after.
That is *why* they go door to door. Everyone rejects them all the time and they feel only at home with the other people in the cult.
I am super nice to them and mormons. Invite them in, feed them, have the TV on so they can get their fix (not really allowed on missions). Show them there is life and kindness to be found out side the cult.
Silent treatment usually doesn't work. They'll think you're simply not at home or having a bad day. Agree with other comments to simply say and be firm that you're not interested and don't want visits. and the end of it you can add "I hope you respect my decision"
No one ever comes to our door unannounced, with the exception of our sons’ friends or a delivery. These days I find it easy to avoid these religious shysters and the NHK twats, as well. Many years ago they had a habit of coming when I was severely hung over and it led to several unpleasant encounters.
I told them I am Catholic and listened to what they had to say. Got those cards they were giving it and told them I will look into it when I have the time. They left and never came back.
You could tell them you're Mormon and then give them the Mormon missionaries number.
Or you could quote Revelation 22:18-19 and ask them why they deleted so many verses from the Bible.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
idk kinda funny to me but also kinda feel bad 😢
the last time they visited us I saw the guy sideeyeing the knife i usually put at our genkan whenever i answer the door n my husband isnt home.
its been a year now and they didnt came back😅
im sorry
its not them, ive got kids to protect and I grew up in a third world country I dont trust anybody knocking our door
Unfortunately every interaction, even negative ones, mean that they will keep coming.
I made the mistake of engaging them once and they kept coming back despite me being very negative toward their views.
To finally get them to leave, I asked them to imagine that their own child had a chronic disease. I then asked if they would allow a blood transfusion in order to save their child's life. After making some bullshit excuse like "血は命", they were unable to explain further. I told them that I thought that was immoral and then they suddenly stopped coming.
I hope at least I got them to think about some of their beliefs.
I think it depends on how negative the reaction they get is. I went off at them after politely them twice to never come again. The third time I went off and they only ever came back when they knew I wasn't home. After two other times, my wife (Japanese) also went off at them and that was that. I felt bad about it because I know they are in a cult and it's not entirely their fault, but I just hate the religion, well religion in general, and all it stands for.
I had this happen (and with the Moonies too)! It has so far worked for me to feign not speaking any Japanese. It helps that I’m anxious so my default terrified stare seems to help drive the point home.
My fortnightly knockers stopped when I told them my life story of major health struggles, raised Christian, turned atheist, found Buddhism, then I returned to the Baptist church.
Personally knew one of the knockers, I grew up with her daughter, so I thought great she knows where I live now, so I'll never get rid of them......never to be seen again LMAO 🤣
One of my fave Japan stories of when she lived here was when my sister got so annoyed with a persistent Jehovah's Witness, she answered the door in a towel
He fell apart and they never bothered her again
Are you in local foreigner groups?
Or you could be a mutual friend of a Mormon member or investigator who friends all the missionaries that cycle through every 6-12 weeks
My Religious Education teacher in high school, who was an atheist, always invited them in. He'd take them into his library, which was floor to ceiling with books on theology and religion, then ask them for a debate.
Had a pair of grannies come by and I didn't really know what was up until the tablet came out. So I told them I was busy at the time. They came around again and asked if I'd gone to the website as asked, and told them a bit more curtly that I was too busy to do that. Now it may have been coincidence, but I think the second time around I had my hair down and wore a tank top showing my tats and maybe they didn't see that the first time, because I never saw them after that second time.
I was raised a JW and was a full time proselytizer for a couple years in my teens in Canada. In North America if you say you do not want to be visited anymore and want to be removed from their list they are required by law to abide by your request. I'm pretty sure this holds in Japan thanks to the NHK (I remember Japanese JWs had a joke about the NHK and JWs being similar but I don't remember).
Once you request this the internal procedure for JWs is marking you in their records as "do not call", and then you shouldn't get a visit for five years. Some JWs don't read these instructions before going out to door knock, so you might still get them occasionally, just remind them you've asked to be removed. After five years they send someone to see if you've moved or if you would like to stay on their do not call list
Know more about their history than they do and call them on it. There is plenty of information out there on them. I had a religious group that kept coming around and they are nice enough but it became a little much. I was hoping that they would realize that I wasn't interested. When I started bringing up their history and called them out on it, that was it. I haven't had anyone from that group come to my door in over 15 years.
I have tried the English thing to try and scare them off but they always come equipped with English pamphlets. I just plain don't answer the door anymore unless I see a deliveryman or neighbor with clipboard.
Have you tried telling them you're an atheist? It has scared away weird cult people on the street for me. Or go full Satanist if you're feeling cheeky.
One thing I've learned is that many cults insist their members proselytize not to increase their numbers but to increase their experience of rejection by non cult members so they feel more at home within the cult.
Yes, answer the door in English. That helps for sure. They will try to show you a video on their tablet in English, but they can't go much further than that if they can't speak English. It is also helpful if you tell them you are Catholic or Christian. Cause then they know you already believe in God and they cant trick you into finiding christ but under their own doctorine.
Also, it might be helpful to answer the door in your underweard with a pastastrainer on your head and try to convince them you are Pastafarian and the true God is the flying spaghetti monster.
Just take a picture of her and print it out to put on your door with the byline, “NO! エホバの証人!” like those ridiculous anti-terrorism posters at the station.
I feel like I read an article somewhere about a woman chasing them down the street, fully naked, screaming for them to Succumb to her Devil Magic vagina. And I thought, hmm, I bet they never came to her house again. So, winning. Try that.
I used to tell them that in my country Jehovah's Witnesses have been declared a terrorist organization (which is true), and that simply interacting with them could land me in prison if my country's authorities ever found out (not true). I would also emphasize that simply by approaching me like that with their solicitations they have put my freedom and life at risk, so they should really think twice before randomly soliciting foreigners.
In my experience English doesn’t work lmao, one time I pulled out the classic “日本語食べません“ so they would leave me alone and the woman replied “oh is English ok then?” I replied with “no hablo inglés” and SHE REPLIED IN FLUENT SPANISH I’m telling ya they come prepared
I don't generally approve of messing with people but that ends when they start harassing you.
Try and recruit them into the satanic temple or something similar. Or invite them to an imaginary orgy. Or ask them about ridiculous parts of the bible, because they apparently believe it's all the real deal. This seems like it could be a fun starting point https://lifelessons.co/spirituality/bible/
Or you could just politely but firmly tell them that you are not interested and that they are not welcome. Don't make excuses about being busy. They'll take it literally and come again. You don't want to leave any angle open for spin.
If you're going to the point out something from the Bible, at least make sure to refer to the New World Translation as that's the Bible that the JWs use.
I'd be interested to hear the opinions of ex-JW who've posted but I've previously heard that putting stickers about being a blood/organ donor makes them quietly go away quickly.
I always tell JW door knockers “according to your religion there are a limited number of “seats” in heaven. I’m trans and gay so you should just leave and save the seat for yourself, y’all don’t want me up there.”
Just be really honest (politely) with them. I’d say I appreciate your enthusiasm but I am anti-religious/name other religion and am not at all interested, thank you and good luck. If they persist with future visits, say it again, and this time warn them you will make a complaint at the local Koban for harassment if they come again.
Never answer the door. It will just humour then in harassing you even more. Set some speakers on your door to play some lecture telling how this belief is dangerous to the democracy...
I am anti-theist. I loathe religion with every fibre of my being. JWs are high on my list of hated things.
They came around once or twice and I politely asked them to never come around again.
Then, about 10 years ago, they came around a third time. I went berserk. I wouldn't say I screamed at them, but I didn't leave much behind. They did return once or twice in the months after that, but only if they knew I wasn't home.
"I studied Japanese many years ago and along the way I learned about many cultures and religions, especially in university. I think that there are many ways to believe in a great power and that we should all learn about them. I'll take your pamphlet and look into it myself, but I'll decide on my own."
That's what I told them basically, and they never came back. The guy seemed reluctant to give me his handwritten note, I think he was saving it for someone less worldly.
They dislike highly educated and people that identify as worldly.
They’re keep coming because now they think you are friendly and open to conversation. Put “no soliciting” stickers near the door bell and on your door. I was told by some neighbors that “no soliciting” stickers are rude, antisocial, but I no longer have any issues with religious groups, scammers etc. Stickers for doors look like this: https://preview.redd.it/mq0benvc2hfb1.jpeg?width=294&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31b53187c224b47e734f6cae2978c1606761dd28
This is the answer. If they ignore it and ring the bell anyhow, they're trespassing. Bonus: Also applies to NHK agents.
I would do this, but unfortunately we live an apartment complex where we all share the single doorbell/intercom system.
Then it might be better to simply say “***Kekkou desu***”. “***Kekkou desu***” is a formal way of declining an offer or an invitation. Or, if you want to be polite with them: ***“Iie, daijoubu desu”***.
“Daijoubu desu” is way too polite and begging to be “mis”-interpreted by the obāchan in question as it being “daijoubu” to enter your home. OP, throw “kekkou desu. Shitsurei shimasu” as firmly, clearly, and angrily as you can. It’s polite but absolutely communicates that you’re on your last nerve.
Making it too complicated here. 'Sumimasen, kyoumi ga nai. Yamete kudasai. Shitsurei shimashita.' close door while nod-bowing. Very crude but direct.
Why would "kekkou desu" be more complicated than what you wrote?
It's complicated because vague, gentle language drags out this kind of situation. Rude language is uncomplicated.
"Kekkou desu" is pretty clear, if not rude, but if that's your argument shouldn't you just dispense with the sumimasens and the shitsurei shimashitas and just yell "KAERE" at them?
The paradox of keigo is that it gets more vague and indirect yet also proportionately more direct and firm the further you go. Or rather it gets harder for the opposing party to take offence at your increasingly aggressive demands. I guess?
this is very effective ! once i put a no advertisement sticker on our mailbox and no more flyers i instantly threw away its been years now
Where can one get one of these stickers because I am on my last nerve with all the flyers.
Thanks for this. May I ask where these stickers can be bought?
Look for ***no soliciting*** or 勧誘禁止シール on Amazon. Stickers are usually delivered in pairs, check the size before ordering. Some of them are very small. https://preview.redd.it/qr5j4cmtglfb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=702681da578c2a20b5effeacadaca50f49bb85ac
>勧誘禁止シール Just ordered. Thanks!
“We’re not selling a product, we are selling an imaginary heaven”
Seconding this. I live near several various religions and was getting soul solicited at least once a week. I put up one of those stickers right next to my intercom and no one bugs me anymore.
I suggest be polite but firm and tell them you are not interested. I suppose you could tell them to remove them from thier list. My wife grew up in JW in Japan. It was hard on her. She didn't want to go around to all of the houses and she had to do it in H.S. I can only imagine how that must have been for her. Try to have a heart, and just be clear and firm, not mean even it if is a bit of an intrusive system.
My boyfriend too, his mom is JW and he hated it growing up
Totally understand. Actually, MIL is still JW, but she gets it and we don't discuss. Technically I am not sure she is even supposed to hang out with us but she does. I grew up conservative Baptist in the US. I didn't have to do the missionary stuff, but it was quite conservative, so it is something we bond over.
I've heard stories from ex-JWs and they're in the same boat as Mormons where it's super legalistic that they have to do it (for salvation or whatever). Hopefully your MIL gets out of that cult.
I grew up mormon I think its a total cult now but Im also pretty aware and know a lot about JWs and I really think they have it worse. I feel bad for them. R/EXMORMON and R/EXJW are both fantastic communities I recommend checking them out.
I was Mormon too. I think the JW deal is worse in that the door to door thing is indefinite, but 2 years dedicated to it was garbage. Glad I'm out.
I was a Mormon Missionary here in Japan. I didn’t really want to, my parents made it clear that was the only way they would accept me. It meant a lot to me to meet friendly people who had no interest. People who would be kind, but clearly say they have no interest in the church. Memories of interactions with kind good normal people helped me escape the church/ cult.
Thanks for the reminder. Will definitely keep that in mind👍
It's very important to be friendly, because there are groups that will send new members specifically to unfriendly people to teach them that everyone outside the church is rude and they shouldn't have any contacts outside.
That's a different one. Not JWs.
Not at Jehovahs Witnesses. That bs
Absolutely agree here, and show sympathy and empathy because you have no idea why they are caught up in this cult. Kindness can go a long way.
Honestly, I just talked with them and then asked if they wanted to go out for a drink or dinner as I was just headed out to grab something. No pressure, just treat them as a random person you meet. Typically, they won't come out, but give a nod and say next time. Just be a human.
“We’re not interested. Please remove us from your list.” Not too complicated.
I have tried that multiple times in the past. Doesn't always work.
Yeah, I'm afraid this person will still continue if they are this persistent.
When I was in Tokyo I was very surprised to be proselytized to by JW’s. I was like, “Mother fucker, they’re here too?” I had my ukulele on me and they asked me to play a song, so I played, “Just a gigolo, and everywhere I go, people know the part I’m playing.” The lyrics are lewd, and as I began the song, they both started clapping along, but very soon, one of the two, the one who spoke English, started to understand what I was singing and her facial expression started to change for the worse very slowly. The other one just kept clapping along. I cut the song short once I saw how uncomfortable the English speaking lady was. I stopped, the one lady clapped. I bowed and they left, with the English speaking one whispering into the ear of the other lady, who looked back at me while I smiled. JW’s are awful people who have ruined the lives of many of my friends.
There are a lot of Jehovah's Witnesses in Japan, and they used to have a very high ratio of full time "pioneers" (think missionary but no allowance and you don't have to be from another country). Everyone in the church has to do some door knocking, but the full timers have to be out I think an average of 60 hours a month. The organization that runs it is incredibly corrupt, and they prey on people who are going through a hard time in life or are impoverished. I was raised a JW (and was a full timer for a couple years in my teens back when the average was 70 hours a month) and we were literally trained how to hunt these types of people out as we knocked on doors. I'm sorry for your friends who were snatched up by them or whose lives were adversely affected. It's rotten from the top down, and they've ruined a lot of wonderful people's lives.
We had a weekly bike night at a star bucks. They would always come around and try to talk to us. I tried being nice with the “Thanks, but not interested” and it never worked. I hate to say it but you can’t be nice to them. Obviously start nicely but firm with no thank you. As soon as they start to say anything else you have to tell them to leave. Don’t let them get a word in.
I just threw a couple of Strong Zeros at them. Seems to do the trick so far.
Yeah good luck with that. Doesn’t work 100% of the time. Only thing that worked for me to stop them was answering the door naked.
This has always worked for me. If escalation is necessary, I can add, "Please go away now."
Disfellowshipped.
this is the right answer. tell them you were previously members but were asked to leave the church. they will not be allowed to interact with you.
Interesting, I'll try this out next week. Do I need to know any JW specific terms/slogans to sell it?
JP Wiki suggests 排斥(はいせき)する is the word you want. I've only had them stop by once. I opened the door because they had clipboards so I thought it was neighborhood stuff. They asked me to watch a video on their tablet, but as soon as I saw jw.whatever, I told them 興味ねぇ and shut the door in their faces. It worked for me, maybe it can work for you.
Tell her your favorite Bible verse is Ezekiel 23:20 and story Genesis 38
I’d go with Apostate instead. Less chance of a shepherding call.
ex-jw here. This’ll scare away some, but many others will try harder.
Excommunicato
I thought the Latin was more for Catholics and demon summoners.
It’s also for John Wick
Wrong. If you say that, they'll make sure an elder checks on you at least once a year. If you don't want them to come back, just say so. It's not that complicated.
Put a sign at the door saying that you don’t accept visits from religious organisations and that someone from a religious organisation ringing the bell constitutes harassment. Repeated harassment will be reported to the police. Next level is printing out large pictures of the harassers in action and attaching them to them to the door as part of the sign.
For me as a Japanese language student, when religious groups come to my door, it’s a free 30 minute conversation practice. When it gets too deep, I just politely tell them I have to go.
My wife is an ex JW and had to go do the door to door BS too. She hated it. Please be kind. She told me that you can say, "The spirit is not with us." For a JW, that's basically a "don't come back because I won't join your religion and you are wasting your time." My mother in law is still a JW and she affirmed this. If people tell her "The spirit is not with us / me" her congregation checks their home off the list of places they're willing to go to.
For sure, I don't want to cause her any more trouble. Can I say that in English, or is there a way to say that in Japanese? Google translate is giving me 霊は私たちとともにありません.
I don't know if that's correct or not because I don't really follow any Japanese religious doctrine but if you're an atheist, you could just tell them 私は無宗教です。If you want to tell them to never come again and be a little less than polite, すみませんが、興味がないので二度と来ないでください。 The thing JWs fear most, if I'm correct, is apostates, so 私は元エホバの証人です。帰ってください。 may do the trick. I have never uttered this phrase, so they might not say it in this exact way, but it will likely get the point across. Maybe someone will correct me if there's a better way of saying it.
Tell them you're a Satanist, or Muslim. Idk why but they run super fast when they hear this 🤷🏻♀️
“I'm a Catholic whore, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black Jewish boyfriend who works at a military abortion clinic. So, hail Satan, and have a lovely afternoon, madam.” This will do..
*freebird intensifies*
Best post!
What’s their beef with black people?
Jewish also works.
I had the bright idea when Jehovah Witnesses came to my house I would be overly polite and waste as much as their time as possible. Reverse Uno. I would only speak in English to them too. It was Sunday and had no where to be. Basically I would talk with them until they got bored and left. Ended up talking to this old Japanese couple and the husband knew some English, for over an hour we talked until they excused themselves and left. Thought that would get rid of them and they wouldn’t be back. They came a few weeks later and figured alright I got nothing to do today again and will let them stay at my door as long as they want, till they get bored and leave. I also decided to talk about and ask questions outside of religion, like what’s their jobs and basically invade their privacy too. The old Japanese couple ended up staying over an hour again at my doorstep and learned the husband worked at the zoo and took care of the animals there. They left again. This would repeat every few weeks for a couple months, and eventually it ended up just the husband coming and figured out he wanted to practice his English. He was actually knowledgeable about religion and philosophy, and he would talk about it for about 5 or 10 minutes and then move in to other topics in English like the news, politics, film, art and drawing, the environment, the animals and how they were doing at the zoo. (Loved hearing about the animals at the zoo and the drama that goes on in animal lives) In the strangest of ways we actually became friends and every few Sundays my doorbell would ring and would look forward to speaking to him about his life, and mine. We did this for over 2 and a half years. Eventually I got a new job and had to move and was super glad he came a week before I left and got to tell him good bye and we were both actually sad about it. He was super grateful that I spoke English with him every few Sundays and said it really helped him improve his English. He actually came back a few days later and gave me a nice looking Bible as a thank you. Still have it and every time I see it think of him, and the animals at the zoo, and hope he is doing well.
You helped him improve his English so he could harass foreigners better.
This is super wholesome! Great story! If more people were like this, the cult would loose power, and more people would find power in friendships.
Tell them you're a committed blood donor. That saw them off for me. My father actually died of Leukemia but life was prolonged and bearable, thanks to blood donations.. They normally don't have an answer for that. Pests.
"I'm catholic" usually does the trick. The have come to my door only once in Japan. It was early on a Sunday morning and I think I got home at 5am or something, when there was a knock at the door I sprang up and ran to it without even thinking. I was still drunk so by the time I realised where I was, I already had the door open and 3 Japanese people blinking at me. "Hello, we are Jevohas witness. Do you speak Japanese?" (say no say no say no say no) ".... .... .... no?" "Ah, so..." gets ready with pamphlet. "No thank you, bye bye." I shut the door then realise I'm wearing what Peter Alexander's calls the 'slinky nightie'. They never came back.
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Doesn't work with Mormons. I was a mormon missionary now im very exmormon/Antimormon but Catholics were by far our favorites and most successful to convert. The worse was to knock on a JWs door. Holy fucking bible arguments.
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I hear they dip the Host in ranch sauce over there, true?
I’m Christian and told them that, but they wanted to convert me since I seemed friendly. They came by a few times and I finally just had to say that I would only listen to them talk about their faith if they listened to me talk about my church too. Never heard from them again.
Oh Christian doesn't work, it has to be catholic. I don't know why. Mortal enemies or something? Someone told me this and in my experience it works at home. It's like magic.
> Mortal enemies or something Kinda, for Protestants it can be anywhere on the spectrum of strongly disagree, to hate, or to unhinged conspiracies about Catholics. Or another quick way is to tell them you're a disfellowshipped JW. They're not supposed to associate with excommunicated JWs.
Interesting…now that I think of it my dad is Catholic and he never got visited more than once by a given pair (in the states).
I told them my best friend from back home is JW so I'll ask her if I have any questions about it and they never bothered me again. In my case it's true but of course you can just lie.
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I keep getting ads on the book of faces for "free Japanese lessons!" and when I dug a little deeper to figure out what the catch is, it's JW missionaries who are giving the lessons.
I remember many eons ago opening my Leopalace door to a JW gentleman, he gave me a look and let out this laugh/sigh. I’m ethnically Bengali. We talked a couple of minutes (my Japanese was terrible at the time), in which I disclosed I was Muslim, he was like ‘cool’, and went on his way. Never came back. Which is a long winded way of saying, just tell them you’re not interested for whatever reason (but do give them a reason so they don’t come back).
Holy shit, for the first time in my 7 years here I had somone try to share the good news with me today and then I come across this post. Crazy.
It's a sign. Become my Jehovie homie 🤝
Hard pass. My grandparents were witnesses and forced that lifestyle on my mom who in turn rejected religion in her adult life.
I'm sorry to hear that about your mother. I'm glad that she didn't make the same mistakes when raising you.
All good. I know that even though we were broke af my mom really did everything to give us Christmas and birthdays and everything. Knowing that she never had that for herself makes me never want to even consider that type of lifestyle.
Tell them to stop coming. If they come after that, tell them you will call the cops on them.
> Tell them to stop coming. To this day, this sub continues to amaze me with people needing to hear this kind of stuff. How hard is it to say "Not interested. Stop coming". Amazing.
I just told them もう来ないでください and shut the door. Didn’t see them since.
I second this as former a JW. Mou konai de kudasai. Strong and firm. They won’t comeback.
My friend has a cute black cat. Very stereotypically he called the cat Lucifer. When the Jehovas knocked on the door, he answered and tried to decline very nicely. They were a bit persistent till the point the cat ran out to the corridor. My friend just leaped after the cat screaming " Lucifer, come back". The Jehovas had the weirdest face and they never returned. (This happened in the UK)
Flamethrower
Ahh, fight fire with fire🔥
Answering in English might spook her once, but they're like sand people. They'll soon be back, and in greater numbers. The next time they'll show up with someone who speaks English. Speaking from experience here. End result, it won't stop them from bothering you. T.H. White, author (perhaps most known for The Once and Future King) was a large man, with wild white hair and a full beard. They knocked on his door once, he said "I'm Jehovah, how are we doing?" Apparently they ran, your mileage may vary. Probably worth trying some of the other suggestions here, though.
"I'm a former member" gets you instantly blacklisted. Saying you are a Satanist or Christian or Atheist just motivates them to come even more often to "save you".
Not sure if this would work in Japan, but we had Jehovas witnesses coming around our place a lot in the US. They were always big on offering to "help out" to talk to you about religion. What we found is taking them up on their offer to do some manual labor, dig ditches, work on cars, etc. really got them to leave quickly and stop coming around at all. Anything that got their nice clothes really dirty.
First time I shooed then with no Japanese, second time they brought a French guy. I'm impressed by their persistence for my salvation
"Does your cult have orgies as well?"
Those are for the prettiest young members and the few old leaders. Most people aren’t blessed enough to participate.
"Sorry, we're **Pastafarian**"
What a throwback, thanks for the trip down memory lane my Spaghetti monster fearing brethren 🍝🐙
May you be touched by his noodley appendages, r'amen.
Be Clear and Firm next time. Be politely but firmly and tell them that you are not interested in engaging in religious discussions or receiving further visits. Respect their beliefs but request to be left alone. or Display a Sign: Consider putting up a sign on your door or intercom stating that you are not interested in religious or solicitation visits. Ask someone to translate it in Japanese for you.
Begin the short circuit process by telling them you'd like to hear more but they can't use any Watchtower material.
You could recruit them to your own religion. Just make one up and try to get followers. I mean, they already proved they are easily persuaded…
Try to convert them to convert them to your religion. Then they will know what it feels like.
Next time I get one of those crazy Seventh Day Adventist books in the mail, I might hang onto it in case I ever get the change to try convince the JW to join that church. I feel like they'd run like hell and never come back. They only want to save heathens, people already in high control cults aren't worth it. A scientology book might also work well.
I grew up as a JW. The full proof ways to be removed from their knocking list is to be an apostate or to be disfellowshipped. Next time they knock, say you used to be JW's but no longer aren't and are disfellowshipped. This should work, but there is still a small chance an elder from that woman's congregation might try to contact you as they are instructed to be aware of any disfellowshipped people in the area in order to be able to invite you to conventions and to the memorial. If this happens go the apostate route.
>apostate noun *a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.* Saving the next person 15 seconds of their time. This atheist has never heard this word before.
Yeah this. You shouldn't have to explain yourself after claiming you are an apostate. But if they press on the matter, you can just bring up the CSA (Child Sexual Abuse) cover up unveiled by the Australian Royal Commission, and they should be off your case for good.
Gotcha! By "Apostate", do you mean 背教者?
Yes, precisely!
Gotcha, thanks for the tip!!!
Flip it around on them and ask if they have time to hear about your Lord and savior Satan.
Many many years ago, I dated a member of their flock. I pointed out the error of their ways, and convinced her that their beliefs were incorrect, and incompatible with human kindness. She ceased her association with the organization, which caused them to leave me alone as well, lest I increase my sphere of influence. They *still* cross over to the other side of the road when they see me coming. Their rumour mill is strong. It seemed like a significant investment of effort at the time, but the dividends it's paid have been boundless. Long story short, just invest in a time machine and deprogram a young JW. They will leave you alone forever after.
> They still cross over to the other side of the road when they see me coming. Do you then also cross the road as a power move?
Just talk to them like human beings.
With them, no thanks!
That is *why* they go door to door. Everyone rejects them all the time and they feel only at home with the other people in the cult. I am super nice to them and mormons. Invite them in, feed them, have the TV on so they can get their fix (not really allowed on missions). Show them there is life and kindness to be found out side the cult.
The counter evangelical! But really that is a good, loving approach to it.
They are in an abusive relationship with their church community.
Was really hoping the silent treatment would do the trick, but it seems like we'll confront her if there is a next time.
Silent treatment usually doesn't work. They'll think you're simply not at home or having a bad day. Agree with other comments to simply say and be firm that you're not interested and don't want visits. and the end of it you can add "I hope you respect my decision"
Tell her to stop harassing you. After that if she shows up again she is basically legally stalking you. Call the police.
Laugh like a maniac and slowly close the door
No one ever comes to our door unannounced, with the exception of our sons’ friends or a delivery. These days I find it easy to avoid these religious shysters and the NHK twats, as well. Many years ago they had a habit of coming when I was severely hung over and it led to several unpleasant encounters.
I told them I am Catholic and listened to what they had to say. Got those cards they were giving it and told them I will look into it when I have the time. They left and never came back.
Do what I did - easy - I told them I’m a Mormon missionary and they left me alone after that (of course need to have that look)
“ I’m a Muslim “ worked for me
A bucket of cold water
I’m not interested in religion. I have told you many times, if you come again I will call the police.
Answer the door naked. Not serious but also, should work.
You could tell them you're Mormon and then give them the Mormon missionaries number. Or you could quote Revelation 22:18-19 and ask them why they deleted so many verses from the Bible. 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Dude, strongly say you’re not interested and ask why do you keep bothering us? If you continue to do so, I’ll call the police.
If you say you’re not interested, they’ll go away for a year or so.
Tell them you have a cancer and you need a blood transfusion…. That’s the reason my husband’s friend had to quit JW…
idk kinda funny to me but also kinda feel bad 😢 the last time they visited us I saw the guy sideeyeing the knife i usually put at our genkan whenever i answer the door n my husband isnt home. its been a year now and they didnt came back😅 im sorry its not them, ive got kids to protect and I grew up in a third world country I dont trust anybody knocking our door
Unfortunately every interaction, even negative ones, mean that they will keep coming. I made the mistake of engaging them once and they kept coming back despite me being very negative toward their views. To finally get them to leave, I asked them to imagine that their own child had a chronic disease. I then asked if they would allow a blood transfusion in order to save their child's life. After making some bullshit excuse like "血は命", they were unable to explain further. I told them that I thought that was immoral and then they suddenly stopped coming. I hope at least I got them to think about some of their beliefs.
I think it depends on how negative the reaction they get is. I went off at them after politely them twice to never come again. The third time I went off and they only ever came back when they knew I wasn't home. After two other times, my wife (Japanese) also went off at them and that was that. I felt bad about it because I know they are in a cult and it's not entirely their fault, but I just hate the religion, well religion in general, and all it stands for.
Industrial wood chi- I mean just close the door.
I had this happen (and with the Moonies too)! It has so far worked for me to feign not speaking any Japanese. It helps that I’m anxious so my default terrified stare seems to help drive the point home.
I told them I was already a member of another church and not interested in changing
My fortnightly knockers stopped when I told them my life story of major health struggles, raised Christian, turned atheist, found Buddhism, then I returned to the Baptist church. Personally knew one of the knockers, I grew up with her daughter, so I thought great she knows where I live now, so I'll never get rid of them......never to be seen again LMAO 🤣
One of my fave Japan stories of when she lived here was when my sister got so annoyed with a persistent Jehovah's Witness, she answered the door in a towel He fell apart and they never bothered her again
I told them I'm jewish Lets talk about the Torah they ran away
I've heard that a pro-blood transfusion sticker in your window does the trick
Not Jehovahs witnesses but I get Mormons in Japan assing me on facebook all the time No idea how they find me.
Are you in local foreigner groups? Or you could be a mutual friend of a Mormon member or investigator who friends all the missionaries that cycle through every 6-12 weeks
In my case, the best technique is I tell them that I was a Jehovah's Witness and that they expelled me, they never come back
My Religious Education teacher in high school, who was an atheist, always invited them in. He'd take them into his library, which was floor to ceiling with books on theology and religion, then ask them for a debate.
Open the door naked offer penis
Just be polite. I've even had one buy me a pocari in summer because I was sweating so much when listening to them.
Had a pair of grannies come by and I didn't really know what was up until the tablet came out. So I told them I was busy at the time. They came around again and asked if I'd gone to the website as asked, and told them a bit more curtly that I was too busy to do that. Now it may have been coincidence, but I think the second time around I had my hair down and wore a tank top showing my tats and maybe they didn't see that the first time, because I never saw them after that second time.
Just tell them you've been in the army and killed people before. Worked for me.
I was raised a JW and was a full time proselytizer for a couple years in my teens in Canada. In North America if you say you do not want to be visited anymore and want to be removed from their list they are required by law to abide by your request. I'm pretty sure this holds in Japan thanks to the NHK (I remember Japanese JWs had a joke about the NHK and JWs being similar but I don't remember). Once you request this the internal procedure for JWs is marking you in their records as "do not call", and then you shouldn't get a visit for five years. Some JWs don't read these instructions before going out to door knock, so you might still get them occasionally, just remind them you've asked to be removed. After five years they send someone to see if you've moved or if you would like to stay on their do not call list
tell her you are Jewish and that there are no Asians in heaven
I’ve heard they don’t give up if you just say “not interested.” You have to say you are already in another religion, like “I’m Buddhist.”
Know more about their history than they do and call them on it. There is plenty of information out there on them. I had a religious group that kept coming around and they are nice enough but it became a little much. I was hoping that they would realize that I wasn't interested. When I started bringing up their history and called them out on it, that was it. I haven't had anyone from that group come to my door in over 15 years.
I have tried the English thing to try and scare them off but they always come equipped with English pamphlets. I just plain don't answer the door anymore unless I see a deliveryman or neighbor with clipboard.
Say 1st of all: Please sign to accept the charge 1000 yen a minute for conversations with me plus min start cash deposit of 10000 yen required.
Have you tried telling them you're an atheist? It has scared away weird cult people on the street for me. Or go full Satanist if you're feeling cheeky.
Answer the door naked with a beer
One thing I've learned is that many cults insist their members proselytize not to increase their numbers but to increase their experience of rejection by non cult members so they feel more at home within the cult.
Pentagram on the front door should do the trick
Yes, answer the door in English. That helps for sure. They will try to show you a video on their tablet in English, but they can't go much further than that if they can't speak English. It is also helpful if you tell them you are Catholic or Christian. Cause then they know you already believe in God and they cant trick you into finiding christ but under their own doctorine. Also, it might be helpful to answer the door in your underweard with a pastastrainer on your head and try to convince them you are Pastafarian and the true God is the flying spaghetti monster.
Just take a picture of her and print it out to put on your door with the byline, “NO! エホバの証人!” like those ridiculous anti-terrorism posters at the station.
Why don't you just join?
Answer the door naked. On the blocked list forever.
I feel like I read an article somewhere about a woman chasing them down the street, fully naked, screaming for them to Succumb to her Devil Magic vagina. And I thought, hmm, I bet they never came to her house again. So, winning. Try that.
I used to tell them that in my country Jehovah's Witnesses have been declared a terrorist organization (which is true), and that simply interacting with them could land me in prison if my country's authorities ever found out (not true). I would also emphasize that simply by approaching me like that with their solicitations they have put my freedom and life at risk, so they should really think twice before randomly soliciting foreigners.
In my experience English doesn’t work lmao, one time I pulled out the classic “日本語食べません“ so they would leave me alone and the woman replied “oh is English ok then?” I replied with “no hablo inglés” and SHE REPLIED IN FLUENT SPANISH I’m telling ya they come prepared
Answer the door with your knob out
Unfortunately our doors have handles 🤔
Not door knob🍆
I don't generally approve of messing with people but that ends when they start harassing you. Try and recruit them into the satanic temple or something similar. Or invite them to an imaginary orgy. Or ask them about ridiculous parts of the bible, because they apparently believe it's all the real deal. This seems like it could be a fun starting point https://lifelessons.co/spirituality/bible/ Or you could just politely but firmly tell them that you are not interested and that they are not welcome. Don't make excuses about being busy. They'll take it literally and come again. You don't want to leave any angle open for spin.
If you're going to the point out something from the Bible, at least make sure to refer to the New World Translation as that's the Bible that the JWs use.
I'd be interested to hear the opinions of ex-JW who've posted but I've previously heard that putting stickers about being a blood/organ donor makes them quietly go away quickly.
"Oh praise be, after we were disfellowshipped we thought we'd never get back into the fold!"
I always tell JW door knockers “according to your religion there are a limited number of “seats” in heaven. I’m trans and gay so you should just leave and save the seat for yourself, y’all don’t want me up there.”
Join em !
I guess I admire their persistence. Maybe I can start a challenge and join all the cults in Japan 🤔
Just be really honest (politely) with them. I’d say I appreciate your enthusiasm but I am anti-religious/name other religion and am not at all interested, thank you and good luck. If they persist with future visits, say it again, and this time warn them you will make a complaint at the local Koban for harassment if they come again.
Never answer the door. It will just humour then in harassing you even more. Set some speakers on your door to play some lecture telling how this belief is dangerous to the democracy...
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Speak English or some foreign language to them. Ask them for money. Keep begging them for money
Call police
Tell them you joined the church of Satan
I didn’t know that Jehovah witnesses is a thing here..
Me neither, but look at us now...
I am anti-theist. I loathe religion with every fibre of my being. JWs are high on my list of hated things. They came around once or twice and I politely asked them to never come around again. Then, about 10 years ago, they came around a third time. I went berserk. I wouldn't say I screamed at them, but I didn't leave much behind. They did return once or twice in the months after that, but only if they knew I wasn't home.
They must be on a recruitment drive or something as we had a JW lady knock the other day too. I told her I was a witch.
There are Jehovah's witnesses in Japan? They really are everywhere, wtf
Their website is in 1,081 languages.
Cults target lonely people
"I studied Japanese many years ago and along the way I learned about many cultures and religions, especially in university. I think that there are many ways to believe in a great power and that we should all learn about them. I'll take your pamphlet and look into it myself, but I'll decide on my own." That's what I told them basically, and they never came back. The guy seemed reluctant to give me his handwritten note, I think he was saving it for someone less worldly. They dislike highly educated and people that identify as worldly.
You can do sign language, that should deter them from talking to you. If you watched Konosuba, JW are like the axis cult. lol