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Okay I am at my wits end. I was baptised as a mormon at age 9 or 10 because that is what my mother( the hypocrite) wanted.
I was forced to go to church as a child even though at that age I had no real concept of the religion. As I grew up and got married and discovered what the religion was all about, I decided I did not want to be a mormon. They left me alone and I didn't hear from the church for years.
Now since I have moved to a different state and remarried, they have tracked me down and every week for a year there would be some Lds at my door.
I had a home teacher calling me 3 or 4 times a week. I finally made it more than clear that I wanted no part of the LDS, that I did NOT agree with all of their beliefs and I wanted to be taken off any and all phone, mailing and home visiting lists. I flat out said " I denounce the mormon religion"
All was okay for about 6 months,,,, well they are back.
The come to the house EVERY day looking for me, My kids tell them I am at work and then they call... some how I don't have a clue HOW. they got my cellphone # now they are leaving voice messages. I have blocked the numbers, yet they call from a different number every time..
This is flat out harassment as far as I am concerned,,, what do I have to do to make it stop??
Well if you have told them several times to leave you alone, then it really IS harassment, legally speaking. Personally I would threaten to call the police. Then, if they still keep coming around, write down all the dates and times that they visited or called you, and then call the police and make a complaint against them.
Of course by thier rules once a mormon always a mormon. so you have merley lost your way in thier opinion.
but try just calling the stake president and ask them ( nicely) just to stop comming by and bothering you.
( and honestly had it been someone other than you I would have said they are wrong, because all of the LDS I know well don't bother people that don't want to be bothered)
But what happens as a bapitised mormon you are on and will always be on thier lists, so when you moved it triggered your name to go to the new area somehow.
I wonder how far a "no soliciting" sign can go. Never thought of it or pursued it, but you might check local authorities to see if you could puruse trespassing charges against someone who disobeys the sign.
I wonder how far a "no soliciting" sign can go. Never thought of it or pursued it, but you might check local authorities to see if you could puruse trespassing charges against someone who disobeys the sign.
...just a thought.
Yeah you would think that if you had such a sign, violation of it would be grounds to make a complaint or charge with the police. Unfortunately though that wouldn't work with the phone call part.
I don't know if you guys have this in the States, but here in Canada you can dial *57 right after receiving an unwanted or harassing phone call, and the phone company will automatically record the time, date and number of the call (even if the number is blocked). Then the police can access the record of calls (and note how many calls have been recorded, etc), when you make a formal complaint.
I wonder how far a "no soliciting" sign can go. Never thought of it or pursued it, but you might check local authorities to see if you could puruse trespassing charges against someone who disobeys the sign.
...just a thought.
I put up a sign on my gate that says" NO TRESPASSING, NO PEDDLERS, NO MORMONS" still they come in the yard.. Legally it is my mother in laws property so I can not enforce the trespass..
Okay I am at my wits end. I was baptised as a mormon at age 9 or 10 because that is what my mother( the hypocrite) wanted.
I was forced to go to church as a child even though at that age I had no real concept of the religion. As I grew up and got married and discovered what the religion was all about, I decided I did not want to be a mormon. They left me alone and I didn't hear from the church for years.
Now since I have moved to a different state and remarried, they have tracked me down and every week for a year there would be some Lds at my door.
I had a home teacher calling me 3 or 4 times a week. I finally made it more than clear that I wanted no part of the LDS, that I did NOT agree with all of their beliefs and I wanted to be taken off any and all phone, mailing and home visiting lists. I flat out said " I denounce the mormon religion"
All was okay for about 6 months,,,, well they are back.
The come to the house EVERY day looking for me, My kids tell them I am at work and then they call... some how I don't have a clue HOW. they got my cellphone # now they are leaving voice messages. I have blocked the numbers, yet they call from a different number every time..
This is flat out harassment as far as I am concerned,,, what do I have to do to make it stop??
If you don't want ministers of any church calling at your door, a polite letter to the chief minister advising them of the same will do the trick. To have your family expunged from the records you need to write that in a letter to the chief minister of your congregation. That usually does the trick.
I often tell them I just got back from giving blood to the Red Cross and I thought I saw a few of their friends there.
You are confusing Mormons with Jehovah's Witnesses, I believe. Mormons have no proscription on giving and rceieving blood transfusions. You might be thinking of the old joke about Baptists in wine bars?
Of course by thier rules once a mormon always a mormon. so you have merley lost your way in thier opinion.
but try just calling the stake president and ask them ( nicely) just to stop comming by and bothering you.
( and honestly had it been someone other than you I would have said they are wrong, because all of the LDS I know well don't bother people that don't want to be bothered)
But what happens as a bapitised mormon you are on and will always be on thier lists, so when you moved it triggered your name to go to the new area somehow.
I agree. The approach, however should be to the congregational minister not the diocesan leader. A nicely set out letter making a formal polite request to have your name removed from membership rolls will do the trick. I know of some who have followed that course and their requests have always been honoured.
On the other hand, many Christians who have fallen from communion with their ministers and congregations complain that no one ever comes to see them. It seems they are damned if they do and damned if they don't!
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