i totaly agree w u Chief Ru ,i just dnt understand why they are trying the man in court ,
On 07/04/2009, Rutendo Chabururuka <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> -- '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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
