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Father Tim Jones 'Thou Shalt Steal' If One is Poor
Associated Content ^ | December 23rd, 2-009 | Mark R. Whittington

Posted on 12/23/2009 12:50:40 PM PST by Marcus

Tim Jones is an Anglican Priest who in a sermon to the congregation at St Lawrence's church in York suggested that there is an exception to the Eight Commandment, the one that says Thou Shalt Not Steal.

Apparently, according to Father Tim, as his flock calls him, it is alright to steal if one is poor, if one is stealing from a large, corporate owned store, and if one only engages in shoplifting. The idea is that God, for whom Father Tim Jones is evidently speaking for, so loves his

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TOPICS: Current Events; Mainline Protestant; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: eighthcommandment; shoplifting; thoushaltnotsteal; timjones

1 posted on 12/23/2009 12:50:41 PM PST by Marcus
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To: Marcus

How about this father: I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. -Wimpie


2 posted on 12/23/2009 12:57:28 PM PST by RexBeach ("Those are my principles...if you don't like them, I have others." Groucho Marx)
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To: Marcus

A wolf among the flock indeed. He is either pure idiot or pure evil.


3 posted on 12/23/2009 1:12:18 PM PST by vpintheak (How can love of God, Family and Country make me an extremist?)
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To: Marcus

Father Tim better, idiot or evil, better not send anyone near my house to steal a thing or they will be shot on site.


4 posted on 12/23/2009 1:17:01 PM PST by b4its2late (Before you can control a horse, you have to break it. Sound familiar?)
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To: Marcus

He’s wrong. The US has many programs that help the poor. There is no need to steal in the US. He is obviously a democrat.


5 posted on 12/23/2009 3:07:55 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Marcus

How about the poor stealing from a large rich church organization?


6 posted on 12/23/2009 3:10:52 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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