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by Mavericks just doin a flyby on January 18th, 2009
Yes! Rob a bank instead. At least you would be using taxpayers money for something it should be being used for.
by Chigg on January 18th, 2009
Yes!
A bookstore or any store stocks goods that they had to pay for. They only make a tiny bit on the top of the price of each item, so robbing a small store would put them in debt and possibly cost the owners their home ans well a their livelihood.
It doesn't make any difference what the subject matter of the books is.
by Gingerminx on January 18th, 2009
Sin is a religious concept so it would only be a sin to you if you were religious. It would only be wrong to you if stealing was against your own personal moral code. However, under the law it is still stealing whatever the purpose or reason and so therefore illegal and you are likely to be prosecuted for it.
by Anonymous on January 19th, 2009
Ha! I liked this question.
The answer is, however, probally yes if you believe in a religion.
by hazlit on November 11th, 2009
Aha! Very much the Robin Hood dilemma! I'm wondering what your failed decent requests were for...?
What are the grades/shades of wrongdoing? Will this be black and white or sliding down the slippery-slope of relativism?
Perhaps a forgivable sin, or maybe a well-meaning crime, heroic to boot, done by a thief with a conscience (beset by an attack of the guilts).
I love questions like this... very challenging and illustrative of the complexities we often face in this our post-modern world {(~_~)}
by AnonymousGirl on November 11th, 2009
Yes. It's also a crime.
by James1775 on November 11th, 2009
They're Christians, their savior will take care of them so you can take care of the hungry. I'm seeing a win win here.
by Keysha on January 18th, 2009
Not a valid defense. A Christian bookstore does not make enough money to sustain a soup kitchen for more than 27 seconds.
by Read My Lips on January 18th, 2009
No sin, just a crime.
by Phillis - Zacks little sister on January 18th, 2009
Yes. There are funds available for maintaining soup kitchens. Robbing is stealing, stealing is wrong. It is basic by virtue of being one of the ten commandments.
by vincentcent on January 18th, 2009
Sounds like a bad plan.
The employees of the bookstore will be unnecessarily traumatized.
The owner of the bookstore may get reimbursed by an insurance company, but it will just increase the rates for everyone in the neighborhood.
There may be an under cover cop or a citizen with a conceal carry permit. If the robber were to produce a weapon and threaten them, they will have every right to shot defend themselves.
by TallJasperMan on November 11th, 2009
didn't moses open the grain vaults to feed the people of egypt...or was that someone else...Marc Anthony or someone...but then one of the commandments is thou shalt not steal...which would make it stealing...but then what about taxation to feed the homeless...that would be a sin too...but then the people from the bookstore would need the soup kitchen and you might accidently kill one of the workers robbing the place...so its a coin toss...best ask a member of the clergy...or pray to God if you belive in God for the truth...but then is it a sin for a christian bookstore to rob a soup kitchen to give books to charity? its a slippery slope...best not to do it...I would say its a sin...Just because a person opens a christain bookstore doesn't mean that they have to be christian...I would think that if there is a God that he would like more effort in coming up with a better soultion than just robbing people...
by mercierd1 on December 10th, 2009
I think that all depends on your views and beliefs I don't think it's a sin and i think you did the right thing. If all things you can pay the book store back for it later if it makes you feel better
by dingo on January 18th, 2009
Ah, the Robin Hood defense. Not sure if it is a sin, but certainly illegal and since laws are created by standards by which society dictates, than yes, it is a sin.
Simple rule: The ends don't justify the means.
Would you like to have no more fear and grief?
Well, you would have to let go of all attachments.
Do you think this is correct ?
by shunyata on January 14th, 2011
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if one hates the hater what does that make one ?
by shunyata on January 16th, 2011
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Do you know you are a person of great treasures when you truly practice simplicity, patience, compassion ?
Are you enroute ?
by shunyata on December 31st, 2010
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You think you know others and can judge them?
"Judge not lest you be judged." (Christ)"He who knows himself is enlightened".(LaoTzu)
by shunyata on December 31st, 2010
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What is your continuous spiritual exercise ?
My continuous spiritual exercise is to be patient and caring.
by shunyata on January 1st, 2011
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by Tsamaya is on semi-retirement on January 19th, 2009