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Priest outrages police by telling congregation: 'My advice to poor is to shoplift'
Daily Mail UK ^ | 22nd December 2009 | CHRIS BROOKE

Posted on 12/21/2009 8:23:49 PM PST by Talisker

Poor people who are desperate for cash have been advised to go forth and shoplift from major stores - by an Anglican priest.

The Rev Tim Jones said in his Sunday sermon that stealing from successful shops was preferable to burglary, robbery or prostitution.

He told parishioners it would not break the eighth commandment 'thou shalt not steal' because it 'is permissible for those who are in desperate situations to take food that they might not starve'.

'I would ask that they do not steal from small family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Philosophy; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 8thcommandment; church; shoplift

1 posted on 12/21/2009 8:23:51 PM PST by Talisker
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To: Talisker

He must be an adviser to the Obammy team.


2 posted on 12/21/2009 8:29:29 PM PST by Dallas59 (No To O -Time is going by really really really really slow.)
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To: Talisker

And my advice as a minister to those from whom they steal is, “shoot them.”


3 posted on 12/21/2009 8:33:41 PM PST by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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Talisker

Maybe if the need is great enough someone will break into his home and terrorize his family while stealing what little he has. Or fly planes into buildings.. if the need is great enough.

4 posted on 12/21/2009 8:33:56 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Talisker

Hmmmm......don’t remember that in the beatitudes.

How could a man of the cloth be that ignorant about the kingdom of God?


5 posted on 12/21/2009 8:40:45 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Talisker

I wish he lived near by , I am sure that he has things that I could use. I would just go up to his house and tell him I am taking his advice and pick up his stuff and walk off with it. If the police stoped me I would tell them he told me to take it.


7 posted on 12/21/2009 8:49:32 PM PST by 20yearvet (they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
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To: Talisker

Not surprising, knowing how socialism/communism have infested the theological seminaries and the pulpit.


8 posted on 12/21/2009 8:53:08 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Morgana

Winnah!


9 posted on 12/21/2009 8:54:58 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Morgana

Winnah!


10 posted on 12/21/2009 8:55:02 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Talisker

“The Rev Tim Jones said in his Sunday sermon that stealing from successful shops was preferable to burglary, robbery or prostitution.”

He was later surprised to see that everything in his church was looted the very next day...


11 posted on 12/21/2009 9:09:51 PM PST by ari-freedom (Global warming is the biggest scientific hoax since the Piltdown man.)
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To: Talisker

So now its “Thou Shalt Only Steal From the Wealthy” instead of “Thou Shalt Not Steal”...

The Religion of man...


12 posted on 12/21/2009 9:43:01 PM PST by DB
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To: Talisker
You know, I do vaguely recall a story from Sunday School about this guy from a long, long time ago who came down from a hill with two stone tablets with stuff written on them. One of the things written on them was "thou shalt not steal."

It was a long time ago, though, and you know how memory plays tricks on you . . .

13 posted on 12/21/2009 9:45:51 PM PST by filbert (More filbert at http://www.medary.com--I've gone rogue!)
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To: filbert

. . . and I don’t remember anything about “. . . unless you really, really need the stuff you’re stealing.”


14 posted on 12/21/2009 9:46:39 PM PST by filbert (More filbert at http://www.medary.com--I've gone rogue!)
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To: Talisker

Why not?

Their leaders, banks, and big corporations are working overtime to steal from them and enslave them.

You can’t steal from socialists and communists, folks.

Let the righteous theft begin.

This is just one of the thousands of problems with communism. You’re a fool if you’re not trying to somehow get some of the money they stole from you in the first place.

I fully support those who, for example, download Hollyweird movies. Hollywood is as red as ever and eager to steal from the masses through supporting the leftist agenda. Payback is a b**ch!

Rob the tyrannical bastards blind!

One thing I’ll never be good at is being someone’s slave. F’em!


15 posted on 12/22/2009 12:53:20 AM PST by Boucheau
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