before we moved into our secure apartment building
we used to have all sorts of people coming to the
front door of our house. From real estate agents,
to sales people, gardeners looking for work, to
bible-preaching religious folk. We have never had a Bible
left outside our front door. Although we have had
religious pamphlets given to us.

I never questioned the "legalities" of any of these
activities. I just took them as a norm - and dealt with
each one as politely as possible. I was brought up to
believe that good manners mattered in all situations.

As for whether it's being right to leave a Bible
at your front door? I would never question it. I would
simply accept the good intentions of the people doing
it - with no malice or mischief intended. I would not look
for any hidden meanings or bad vibes. I also would not turf
the Bible in the bin but leave it on a pew next time I went
to church - where it belongs.

I've been reading through the comments here and I agree you need to think about the positions of others and whether you would like such practices to be thrust upon yourself.

Dan (Diver Dan) here I don't think is doing that in any way or form here, so maybe providing a scenario of what could occur here, might encourage Dan to think about why it is important to consider the positions of others, in essence be considerate.

Let's say I am a Jehovah's Witnesses member, and I am delivering a Bible and place it at your front door. You go outside and pick it up, but find you have very little to no space, to place it, so you just leave it in the hallway near the front door. Over time, more are delivered to your place of residence, and you have six bibles to deal with. Your bookshelf is already filled with books and your spare room is already used for other purposes.

So, you have all of these Bibles lying around near the front door. You already have one from your parents, from high school, and another from your grandparents. You have no idea what to do with all of these Bibles and no idea on what to do.

The final straw comes when your partner comes home with the shopping and trips over these piles of Bibles left near the front door. Your partner is badly injured and has had to go to hospital by ambulance after suffering a terrible injury. You are left at home to clean up all the mess.

Tired of these Bibles causing so much trouble, out of anger and frustration you decide to throw them in the bin. You're not happy about that as you don't agree with throwing holy books in the bin, but you care about your family and have to put them first compared to a book thrust upon you without your permission.

Dear Nathan,

«You're not happy about that as you don't agree with throwing holy books in the bin»

Jews may not throw away holy books that contain God's name.

But any book gets old, worn and torn eventually, so it needs to be buried in the ground, with a proper funeral like human bodies.

Some communities provide this service, for example http://www.jcam.org/Pages/Services/book_burials.php