In the US we have Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses that do this; are there any similar in the UK and what kind of religion do they proselytize?
spreading the word of jehova is an important aspect of their religion, so they tend to do it wherever they safely can
There’s a darker aspect to it too, because the church elders know that the people they visit are not likely to be receptive, and many of them will be outright rude.
Debriefing the returning members is a big part of the process, and helps to reinforce the idea that the church is warm and welcoming, while the outside world is cod and uncaring.
yeah, the main dutch watchtower is around where i live
theyre a very, uh, ‘tightly woven’ community
I’ve not lived in the UK for about 15years but growing up we would occasionally get Jehovah’s Witnesses knock. Not very regularly though.
We had some JWs come to the door once and offer my husband some pamphlets. He offered them some physics pamphlets in return.
They didn’t come back.
I used to try face to face evangelising when I was a born again christian, however no longer (I’m agnostic now). It felt like I was intruding and always got a negative reaction.
We do have people in the UK door knocking who try to engage you with conversations about “the state of the world”.
Yeah we get Jehovah’s Witnesses - I just let them excitedly tell me all about their beliefs for ages and pretend to be interested. Then eventually I will say something like - Well, that does sound reasonable - I will have to tell my husband about this.
They tend to fid an excuse to leave after that - which is at least one nice thing about them, some other groups - will tell me that my “lifestyle choices” are immoral and I will go to hell. Jehovah’s don’t - they just leave.
Lived in the UK nearly 60 years, JWs are the only door to door religious folk I’ve known. They are coordinated, so If you talk too much sense you won’t see them again. Probably had them knock under 10 times total at houses I’ve lived in. They are not ubiquitous or bothersome.
Poland’s got Jehovah’s Witnesses. Also in recent years there’s an uptick in street preachers and and various other bullshit.
Solicitors in the UK are what you’d call lawyers in the US. And generally no, not in my experience. I think I had Jehovah’s Witnesses around once 20 years ago.
