Religious Leaflets Make Way Into 'Little Free Library'
An Oak Creek resident says doomsday-predicting pamphlets have entered into a movement to promote literacy and community.
The "Little Free Library" movement is meant to promote literacy through a free exchange of books, but an Oak Creek resident says his is being used to spread religious-based fear. John Nuck, who has a Little Free Library on his property in South Milwaukee, says unknown people are putting religious leaflets inside the home for books, "warning of impending doom and a one-way ticket to hell." "This proliferation of dogma has caused concern in our little community, whose children often exchange books and confront these worrisome messages of fear," Nuck said. Little Free Libraries have popped up throughout the country and even the world. The first one in Oak Creek was started earlier this summer on Bonita Drive. The concept is simple: people …
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John Nuck
7:56 am on Friday, November 23, 2012
It doesn't matter that their core beliefs involve everyone who doesn't believe as they do going to hell. Proselytizing to a point is not harassment. Once it passes that point, you're harassing people. Shoving tracts under someone's door because you think they're evil isn't proselytizing, it's harassment. Not only that, it's cowardly. If you want to do missionary work, do it to people's faces. … more ›