City Considering "Do Not Knock List" to Keep Away Unwanted Solicitors

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http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/03/14/no-knock-list-would-keep-away-solicitors/

Sign me up! I am tired of having strange people knocking on my door.

A few weeks ago some young adult was knocking in our neighborhood trying to get donations for some alleged soccer team. The guy was overweight and seriously did not look like a college-age soccer player...I mean there was no way. There has been a rash of thefts in our area and several of my neighbors think he was scoping out the neighborhood to see who left town for the holiday weekend.

What do you think? Should a city or town allow residents to sign up for a "Do Not Knock" list - similar to the popular "Do Not Call" list for phone soliciting?
 
wheatpenny said:
How do they enforce something like that?
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This is how I do it.

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I don't really see this as being practical or reasonably enforceable. I just feel an emotional sympathy with it due to my dislike of solicitation. But I'm perfectly capable of saying, "Thank you, but I'm not interested. Bye bye". I'd rather have to do that than pay bureaucrats to maintain a list and enforce it. Enough gummint already!
 
I have decided to take individual responsibility by putting up "No Solicitation", "No trespassing" and "Beware of Dog" signs out front.

I hope these will keep strangers off my doorstep.
 
Do you think that such a measure could have detrimental effects on the spread of the gospel, and if so, as a Christian, does that bother you or change your perspective?
 
ALAYMAN said:
Do you think that such a measure could have detrimental effects on the spread of the gospel, and if so, as a Christian, does that bother you or change your perspective?
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Not really, since most Christians use other means to spread the gospel. Door to door is hardly the exclusive way.

 
AmazedbyGrace said:
ALAYMAN said:
Do you think that such a measure could have detrimental effects on the spread of the gospel, and if so, as a Christian, does that bother you or change your perspective?
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Not really, since most Christians use other means to spread the gospel. Door to door is hardly the exclusive way.
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No, it's not the exclusive way, but it is one way to spread the gospel to the public, to hundreds and thousands of people that might otherwise never hear the gospel.


I'm reminded of this passage...

Act 5:25  Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Act 5:26  Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Act 5:27  And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Act 5:28  Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Act 5:29  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

I can understand Christ-denying religionists, and certainly see why pagans would attempt to block the free-flow of the gospel, but it thoroughly boggles my mind that Bible believing Christians would be those who attempt to place hindrances on the dissemination of the gospel, particularly in the name of furthering their own personal ease.  Absolutely mind-numbing.  Jim Elliot and many like him gave their lives to spread the gospel, but now we can't even be bothered by the possibility that the knock on our door might be the nuisance of somebody sharing the glorious gospel of Christ.
 
I am against the measure because it is not the place of government to set up these kinds of laws.

This nanny-state mentality is ruining America. My wife and daughter were almost robbed at our door. They know how to protect themselves.

I know how to deal with a Baptist...
 
If I get anyone at my door wanting to share their faith, it isn't likely to be an orthodox Christian of any denomination, but some cultist. Sad but true.

And, as I said, though I emotionally sympathize with such a law, I could not support it. Enough gummint already!
 
Izdaari said:
And, as I said, though I emotionally sympathize with such a law, I could not support it.
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I thought that was the most important basis when it came to crafting legislation.  ;)
 
rsc2a said:
Izdaari said:
And, as I said, though I emotionally sympathize with such a law, I could not support it.
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I thought that was the most important basis when it came to crafting legislation.  ;)
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Some think so. I don't. I have principles, based on the same Lockean Natural Law that guided the Declaration of Independence, that guide my approach to legislation. One of them is Jefferson's dictum: "That government is best which governs least." A corollary is "If it is not necessary that there be a law, it is necessary that there not be a law." (I don't know the author of that one.)
 
ALAYMAN said:
AmazedbyGrace said:
ALAYMAN said:
Do you think that such a measure could have detrimental effects on the spread of the gospel, and if so, as a Christian, does that bother you or change your perspective?
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Not really, since most Christians use other means to spread the gospel. Door to door is hardly the exclusive way.
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but it thoroughly boggles my mind that Bible believing Christians would be those who attempt to place hindrances on the dissemination of the gospel, particularly in the name of furthering their own personal ease.  Absolutely mind-numbing. 
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I am sorry your mind is numb. ;P

With so many effective ways of getting the gospel disseminated, such a local regulation is not the big problem you are making it out to be. So glad God is not restricted by such things.



 
Izdaari said:
If I get anyone at my door wanting to share their faith, it isn't likely to be an orthodox Christian of any denomination, but some cultist. Sad but true.

And, as I said, though I emotionally sympathize with such a law, I could not support it. Enough gummint already!
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I would like to see a very small federal gov't, and matters referred back to the states to deal with as they wish. This measure is for a local gov't to decide. Since they answer very directly to their population (as opposed to my Congresscritters, who do not care what I think), I am good with localities making such regulations. They could just put it to a vote. (I bet it would pass!)

Residents have the option of participating by entering their address on the registry (they don't have to register). Folks who want to solicit door-to-door would have to download a list of "Do not Knock" addresses first. Just like the "Do Not Call Registry", there could be fines for violations.

I am seriously tired of shady characters on my doorstep, pestering my neighborhood.
 
AmazedbyGrace said:
With so many effective ways of getting the gospel disseminated, such a local regulation is not the big problem you are making it out to be. So glad God is not restricted by such things.
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Tell me about the multitude of ways of getting the gospel into the hands of strangers.

I think it's incompatible with Christian servitude and evangelism that we subjegate a perfectly Biblical model of evangelism simply because we don't care to be bothered by people interrupting our dinner.
 
ALAYMAN said:
AmazedbyGrace said:
With so many effective ways of getting the gospel disseminated, such a local regulation is not the big problem you are making it out to be. So glad God is not restricted by such things.
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Tell me about the multitude of ways of getting the gospel into the hands of strangers.

I think it's incompatible with Christian servitude and evangelism that we subjegate a perfectly Biblical model of evangelism simply because we don't care to be bothered by people interrupting our dinner.
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You need a list?

Oh please.

I am tired of weirdos at my door. The current score is something like:

Weird, questionable solicitors and known cultists: Low three digits (I live waaaay too close to a Kingdom Hall)

Someone who MIGHT want to tell me something Scriptural about Jesus: Zero

 
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You need a list?
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You made the claim about multitudes of ways to get the gospel out to strangers.  Usually, when people put forth assertions, if you want to have any credibility, you actually need to provide some sort of plausible facts that support your claim. 

AmazedbyGrace said:
I am tired of weirdos at my door. The current score is something like:

Weird, questionable solicitors and known cultists: Low three digits (I live waaaay too close to a Kingdom Hall)

Someone who MIGHT want to tell me something Scriptural about Jesus: Zero
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You have anecdotal evidence that the gospel doesn't get spread via doorknocking so it *must* be true that nobody witnesses for Christ in such a manner.    ::)

And again, what you're saying essentially is, I need to be more comfortable in my life, and the aggrevation I might face  makes me want to impinge on a person sharing the gospel with my lost neighbor.  Woe to those at ease in Zion.
 
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