The Eighth Commandment, what more can I say?
No Stealing, Unless from Egyptians
Thou shalt not steal
Not a bad idea, but again, there's no clarification that comes with this commandment either. Therefore we have to take it as an absolute commandment against stealing. Surly, I think all of you can come up with a few if not more situations where stealing should be okay. Should it be okay to steal food for a starving child if all else fails? What about enemies stealing each other's plans during war? Or someone stealing the gun from a crazed killer? I don't honestly believe stealing should be considered wrong under all circumstances.
It's also interesting to note how these have been called the basis for the common law of Americathe same country that stole its land from the Native Americans.As usual, the God of the Bible seems to ignore His own commandments. In one example, He orders Moses to tell the Hebrew children to rob the Egyptians: "When you go, you will not go empty-handed. Every woman shall ask her [Egyptian] neighbor or any woman who lives in her house for jewelry of silver and gold and for clothing. Load your sons and daughters with them, and plunder Egypt" (NEB Exod. 3:21-22).
"In Gen. 28:14-15 God promised Jacob that his descendants would be like the dust of the earth and all the families of the earth would be blessed by him and his descendants. God also said he would watch over Jacob wherever he went and would not leave him. Yet, Jacob was the swindler who stole the birthright of his brother, Esau."
Even if God could live up to his own commandment, this seems like a difficult issue to conquer. How would you re-phrase it to make it infallible?
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