Commandment #8

Commandment #8 - Thou shall not steal.

I believe that all that is not yours therefore belongs to someone else. On November 9, 2011 on The View I heard that almost 80% of thieves say they use social media to help steal; they can go to GoogleMap to figure out where you live and Facebook or Twitter to find out when you’re not at home. I understand that people have a need to be social but it’s backfiring. There is no privacy anymore and the more information you put out on the internet the more you help the criminal steal from you; your identity and/or your property. 

Taking what is not honestly earned is stealing no matter what the reason. This commandment would include Ponzi schemes and any venture that is derived by fraud. I believe that it would also include destroying someone’s property as you took its use away from him/her. In my opinion, if someone hires you to do a job and you don’t do it or finish it, it is stealing. If someone says ‘no’ to sex and you rape him/her it is stealing. If you borrow something and don’t return it, it is stealing. This might also include kidnapping, human trafficking and black market sales. Items such as watches, handbags and more have copyrights and therefore are owned by their creators. It is stealing if you manufacture these items and if you purchase one of these items, you are guilty of buying stolen property. It is said that human trafficking and terrorism is funded by these purchases. If these issues are not covered here then I’m assuming they’re covered in commandment #10.

Except for the bankruptcy laws allowing legalized stealing, we pretty much have this covered.