Recently people in my area were getting Bibles left at their front door, clearly trying to convince them to convert to Christianity or Jehovah's Witnesses.

Many were shocked about the move, having a religious book thrust upon them as individuals. For me though, it could be something some people need to refresh their lives, currently full of other books, newspapers and the media - much of it full of propaganda.

Is it though the right thing to be doing though? I've never had a Bible left at my house and I don't know if I'd like it. Should people be left alone when it comes to religion and people putting Bibles on their properties?

A sign of the times.

There is also a resurgence of interest in people from all walks of life and creeds, interested in learning Hebrew.

Spreading the “word” is fundamental to religionists.

But of course, that doesn’t answer the question asked here, of the philosophy behind spreading the word.

So to help with that answer, why not compare the act of Bible giving, to that of the giving of a specials catalogue from the local supermarket landing in your letter box uninvited.

Is it right to leave a Bible at your front door?

Well whoever is doing it obviously thinks it is.

It just seems like an expensive over-zealousness
which most probably will end up being turfed
anyway.

I would not take this
personally or look for any ulterior motives
behind this gesture. We get so many leaflets
and flyers in our letter-boxes advertising all
sorts of things. This gesture for most people
would probably just end up in the bin with the
other leaflets.

Not very well thought out.

Oh, the horror of getting something for nothing!

The title of this suggests it's about you leaving a Bible at your own door. But no: it's some evil people, "Christians or Jehovah's Witnesses", (apparently Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christians in some people's eyes) trying to "convert people".

Many people were "shocked". How many? Did you interview everyone who got a free Bible?

Shocked? It's a bloody book, not a bomb or a dog turd. If they don't want it, they can bin it as they do junk mail.

It's neither right or wrong. It's a non-event; and much better than having your ears bashed by an irritating evangelist.

We're forced to forfeit funding to fund worthless outfits such as Arts & Greens & other hangers-on.
So, finding a 1000 page paperback that is NOT paid for by tax Dollars is the least of our problems.

For those that it's a problem, a 'NO JUNK MAIL' sign is available from BUNNINGS, and also you probably have a 'Yellow Bin' from the local council. For years the The Gideons were freely , and with the agreement of the owners I would say, placing Bibles in hotel rooms, their aim was to place a Bible in every hotel room in world. As a traveller of many years, once it was common to find a Bible in your room, today hardly ever. Stayed in 5 or 6 hotel in NZ recently, only found one with a Bible.

My wife has a Bible in her Maori language, she paid about $35 for it, her choice. I was surprised to lean, according to the Mormons, the 'Book of Mormon' supersedes the Christian Bible. I have both books in my possession, for reference. Although Maori people were active Mormons from early times, the first Mormons came to NZ in 1867, it was not until 1976 that Maori were allowed into what had been a 'Whites Only' Temple, there were Maori Mormon temples available for the "not so white" fellas. To this day JW's forbid Maori members from exercising their traditional burial customs (tangi) at a Marae, yet voluntary Christian "church", mostly conducted by Christian ministers, is an integral of a tangi.