How do you NICELY let jehovah's witnesses know that you don't have time for bible study??

i'm religious but not that religious. i go to church maybe once or twice a year and i rarely pray. there's this lady from jehovah's witnesses who keeps coming to my house to ask for me. she wants to set up times for bible study. during the school year, i go back to the dorms. but she wants to come to the dorms too. how do i nicely tell her that i'm not that religious and that i don't want to go to bible studies?? (note the word NICELY)

How do you NICELY let jehovah's witnesses know that you don't have time for bible study??
just tell her the truth. tell her that you appreciate her time for you and the way she tries, but that right now you're not as concentrated in the religion and wish to concentrate on other things more. just say you'll be looking forward to have bible study with her but later on. =]
Reply:"Thank you for inviting me but I'm not interested." JWs normally aren't that pushy. We live in a very small community with a large following of JWs and two of our next door neighbors are JWs. They rarely push their religion on us, in fact they rarely mention it. I'm not religious and I wonder about those people (of any faith) who feel the need to be in your face about their religion.
Reply:Simply explain that, for now, you are not interested in pursuing a study. I appreciate your wishing to be polite.





I am a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses.





Hopefully that would help her get the picture. Though there was one brother my Parents knew many years ago, Everyone in the Area knew this rather old Brother as, Bob. He was rather persistant. Most of them ended up seeing him as a funny old grandfatherly type, and realised he might never give up, but that his heart was in the right place.





Hope things work out for you.
Reply:Tell her you appreciate her concern for your spirituality, but that you're not interested. Don't avoid her or ask someone else to tell her... because that's just rude.
Reply:Tell her that you appreciate her concern but you're just not that religious and that you're quite happy as you are. Honesty seems to work best...
Reply:Thank her for her consideration, but make it a point that she knows you're perfectly capable of discovering the truth of God on your own.
Reply:tell her you worship the devil
Reply:You can't. They will not leave you alone. I've resorted to garden hose baptism, yet they still come around.
Reply:As a former JW, I can tell you that more than likely she isn't trying to be over-bearing. JW's want you to let them know if you don't want to "study" or for them to come to see you. All you have to do is tell her that at the time you are not interested in 'studying" and you will contact her IF you ever are and that you would appreciate it if she didn't contact you anymore. It's okay if you aren't interested in studying the Bible and just tell her that. Hopefully she will understand and respect your wishes. You can even tell her to put you on a "Do not call on" list, in which no other witnesses will come by your home.
Reply:I am so sorry that you are having trouble with th JW's. You asked for a nice method of telling someone you are not interested! Thank you for caring. In my own persona experience, I have NEVER be able to get them to leave me alone even if I tell them nicely! Some of the other people said that they are not pushy, and I be to differ! They are extremely pushy and combatitive! They are never willing to listen to your point of view, and always forcefully proclaim their own truth.





I believe that the best thing you can do is to tell her that you are not interested, and then do not, repeat, do not get into any type of discussion with her! It is perfectly acceptable to call her church and ask them to tell her you are not interested, by simply telling them to take your name off their list. It is also possible for you tell her, if she will not take no for an answer that if she doesn't stop bothering you, then you will call the police, and charge her with harrassment!





These people are taught that it is their responsibility to call the rest of the world to repentance, and it is built into their dogma. They are required to perform a certain number of proselyting hours per week, month, year! So once they find a willing participant, they are extremely reluctant to let them go.





Unlike other missionaries from other religions, these people will continue for years to contact you even if you say you are not iterested. I am sorry, but this is the truth. You sound like a nice person, and I am sure she wants you to be happy, and feels that she has the answers to insure that happiness.





The only thing you can do is be polite, and if she persists, then I would call her church, or the police.





Believe me, the JW's have had the police called on them hundred's of times. They are extremely persistent.





The only group equally persistent are the Scientologists. About 30 years ago, my brother and I went to a state fair and in the building with the rest of the new inventions, booths where you could sign up for dozens of things, my brother took a pamplet from the Scientologists. He filled out a card and indicated that he was curious about their teachings. To make a long story short ( I know, too late!! LOL) he was only curious and had no intention of pursuing a religious study with them. But as I said above, it has been 30 years, and he still receives mail from them at my mother's home. They are still trying to get his money and so they are willing to spend money and send out propaganda often in hopes he will change his mine. There is no chance, but still they persist.





There are many good religions, and many good people in this world. It is possible to really learn much by studying and praying about the teachings you read about in the Bible, and I pray that one day you will feel the need to have a deeper association with God. At that time, I hope you will seek sincerely for that church where you will find the truth. May the lord bless you.