Hie there Paida!! Well it's an interesing debate you have started!! Well what I can say is that whilst a thief should justifiably face the full wrath of the law for their action, there is no condemnation for protecting your property from intrusion. However, the fact that the owner of the tree is being tried is contestable, in my opinion because it's like I have a barbed wire ober my property and yu try to skip over it and you rip yourself in the process. Surely I cannot be held liable given my protection.
As for the Provers scripture that you quoted, my understanding is that to not despise a thief does not mean that there is no need to arrest. The thief should be apprehended and the law must take its course but yours is to forgive the thief given the motive. I must admit that it's quite difficult to balance and have peace of mind but we have GRACE!!! Those are just my views dunno what the others think.......... On 4/7/09, paida motsi <[email protected]> wrote: > > okay guys i got a serious question to ask , i read in the paper that there > are these two pple who were electrocuted , whilst trying to steal Avocados > from an avocado tree .Okay the owner of the tree had connected a live wire > to the tree bcz of the many cases of theft , so one night these two pple > decided to steal some avos and they were quite unfortunate and they were > electrocuted .so now the owner of the tree is in court being charged for > connecting the live wire , my question is , > > *was it wrong for him to do wat he did , and shd he be charged ?i i was > thinking wat he did was ok bcz pple were trspasing and wat cd stop them from > stealing other things if they had the nerve to climb his fence and steal > avos , ?????thn now i read from Proverbs 6 vs 30 in ydays bible reading > that " Pple do not despise a thief ,if he steals to satisfy himself whn he > is starving ,yet whn he is found ,he must restore sevenhold,he may give up > all the substance of his house " * > > so my question still stands , am a bit confused now , was the man wrong in > protecting his household ?????? > > -- > 'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.' > - Jim Rohn > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tribewithavibe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tribewithavibe?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
