The one and only time they came to my door I answered and when they started asking if I was religious etc I replied with

"I am a Tennantite. I believe that David Tennant is our Messiah and He will take us to Utopia in His TARDIS and we shall be blessed for having touched His TARDIS in all its Upstanding Glory. And together we shall stand against the false Master and triumph."

Never got visited again and they kinda looked confused... :P

I've never had one come to my door, but one of the people at my church told me that once they came to his house and he just invited them inside for a general discussion of theology. I think that would be pretty cool. If I owned my own home or apartment and they came by, I'd probably do the same.

On a slightly related note, I sent Mormon missionaries and Books of Mormon to my friend's house once as a prank. She covered my locker with vulgar post-it notes, so it was the least I could do (;

I lived in a gated suburban community in high school and as far as I know since the house I lived in before that as a kid had its own private driveway we never really got bothered by them. My parent's motel gets them from time to time, but they don't really bother us, as they usually just give us religious magazines, pamphlets and then leave.

- Our Doctor, who art in the TARDIS, Who be thy name, Thy companions come, thy time travel be done, on Earth as it is in Gallifrey. Give us this day our jelly babies and forgive us our Cybermen, as we forgive the Daleks against us. Lead us not into the path of angels, but deliver us from the Master, for thine is the timey and the wimey and the wibbly wobbly forever and ever, Allonsy.

- If I had remembered it I might have used it! Lol...that is awesome after all...

AHEM DOUBLE AHEM

- Oh, Ten... you don't have to ask ME twice ;) I just kinda made the prayer up on a whim, I am sure there's other ones already existing, heh.

I'm the only one in my household who tolerates them. I realise that they're only doing it because it's what they believe is right, and I'll respect that, but sometimes I think I mislead them. If I'm not doing anything or in a hurry I'll let them talk, and I'll be honest about being very agnostic when it comes to beliefs and disbeliefs. I get the impression that they sometimes then think that I'll be an easy target - I've had them ask me if they can come back once a week! Luckily I have the excuse that I'm not usually available. I like to be polite to them, but don't want to lie to them when they think I'm converted.

More recently though all they do around here is ring the doorbell and then hand you a leaflet. Sometimes they don't even ring, they just put it in the letterbox. I find that much easier to deal with (and I expect most people do) because you don't have to worry about being rude to them or misleading them. It doesn't take any effort to accept a leaflet, and I'm not pressured into reading it if I'd rather not.

I've also had preachers (from all different religions) speak to me when I'm in town. Again I treat them the same. If I'm not in a rush I'll hear them out, share my thoughts and accept any leaflets they want to give me, but I still have the problem of not being pushy enough and sometimes giving them false hope. O.OV