Is Stealing Okay If “You’re . . . Getting Something You Need”?

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By Ken Ham

“Thou shalt not steal.” Most people are familiar with—and agree with—the eighth commandment. But is stealing still wrong if it’s an “act of desperation?”

Recently a video, which showed a man stuffing a garbage bag with products off the store shelves at a San Francisco Walgreens then riding away on a bicycle while security looked on, was being discussed on CBS. One cohost of the show, Tony Dokoupil, said,

So crime is never justified of course . . . [but] that reads also as an act of desperation. I mean, you’re not getting rich off what you take from a Walgreens, …read more

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