Nice way to get mormons to leave us alone?

[JB from NC]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I wonder where some of you live that this door-knocking thing seems so prevalent.

We had people come by 5 or 6 times a month when we were in North Carolina, and it was usually year-round. We got a handful of Mormons, a couple of Jehovah Witnesses, and a whole lot of Baptists.


Everyone but the Baptists stopped knocking once I put the mezuzah on the front door.

[JerZ]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I wonder where some of you live that this door-knocking thing seems so prevalent. When I lived in North Jersey--which was for the first 50 years of my life--I remember exactly once any religious people coming to my door. They were from a something-or-other Bible Church a few blocks away.

Now where I live in the coastal part of the state, in a condo complex, I've twice in the past five years had Jehovah's witnesses knock at my door. I take their booklet and tell them I will look at it and that seems to make them happy. Then I wish them a good day.

I've never had Mormons come to my door. Worked with a couple of them, but they didn't proselytize at work.

It just seems odd to me that other people claim to have hordes of religious people at their doorstep on a regular basis.

I live in Los Angeles County and it varies. I may not have a single knock for six months or even longer and then all of a sudden I might have two knocks in the space of a month. It's not like it's on a regular schedule or anything.

I lived in northern NJ too (Bergen County), for many years, and I don't remember more than a handful of such encounters in almost four decades living there. I do remember lots of religious crazies on buses, though.