Would you feel comfortable owning stolen property?

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blue_ladybug

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Garydavid said:
How about living in anothers home while the past owners helplessly can only look on without a home of their own?
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If they legally don't own it anymore, then it's not stolen property. But if they were cheated or bilked out of it, then it IS stolen property and should be returned to them..
 
NotmebutHim

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Those who killed and otherwise mistreated the American Indians have already answered to God one way or another for what they have done. Whether some of them ended up saved or not, they all were held accountable.
 
Garydavid

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blue_ladybug said:
If they legally don't own it anymore, then it's not stolen property. But if they were cheated or bilked out of it, then it IS stolen property and should be returned to them..
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I speak of the american indians.
 
Garydavid

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NotmebutHim said:
Those who killed and otherwise mistreated the American Indians have already answered to God one way or another for what they have done. Whether some of them ended up saved or not, they all were held accountable.
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I have to agree with that as well. The sad truth is that they languish in the life that they have to this day.
I have a deep sense of sadness for the life they must lead and also a sense of responsibility because of it.
 
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Considering what they have taken back from us at the casinos, I'd be willing to call it even.
 
Didymous

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AxeElf said:
Considering what they have taken back from us at the casinos, I'd be willing to call it even.
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blue_ladybug said:
Most of the American Indians died centuries ago. You're very cryptic with your wording, so I don't really get what you're trying to say..
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We're still here blueladybug.
 
Didymous

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AxeElf said:
Considering what they have taken back from us at the casinos, I'd be willing to call it even.
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Some joke about this as back rent. Most of us would just be happy if the u. s. government honored the treaties they made with our tribes.
 
Didymous

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Just to be clear, i'm a native, but I don't have strong feelings about this issue. The main reason being that it would be wasted energy.
 
iamsoandso

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Considering things from a biblical point of view from the beginning of the creation man has been driven out of Eden, the world destroyed, man/men taken into slavery ect. The Amorites and others others lands and entire kingdoms taken away and then given to others. This I think is no different in Babylon,Persia,Greece,Rome, Israel or the Americas God is who appoints kingdoms and takes them away. It's those peoples of those kingdoms who should ponder why they were given an kingdom or why it was taken away and if God does this or just some man.
 
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iamsoandso said:
Considering things from a biblical point of view from the beginning of the creation man has been driven out of Eden, the world destroyed, man/men taken into slavery ect. The Amorites and others others lands and entire kingdoms taken away and then given to others. This I think is no different in Babylon,Persia,Greece,Rome, Israel or the Americas God is who appoints kingdoms and takes them away. It's those peoples of those kingdoms who should ponder why they were given an kingdom or why it was taken away and if God does this or just some man.
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No need to ponder, sir. God's always in charge.
 
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Didymous said:
No need to ponder, sir. God's always in charge.
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I think so also he will give kingdoms to Canada,the US,Cuba, Mexico and all the way to the tip of Peru if he chooses...
 
Lanolin

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Is it like Nathan telling story of the little lamb to David. DAvid was angry with the rich man that stole the poor mans lamb. Then Nathan said you are the man!

The story is in 2 samuel 12
 
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Garydavid said:
Would you?
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This would fall Into the Catogory of big sin and small sin when It comes to man and I would like to think I wouldn’t be In the group that says that what I did Is not as bad as that other sin.
 
Chester

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Funny thing is that when I looked at the title for this thread, the first thought I had was the same thing GaryDavid is saying: Much of the land in the US was given to the Native Americans by treaty, and then later the line was moved further and further west.

Many of us live on stolen land!

What to do about it? Ne need to feel "guilty" - it wasn't us - but it was our ancestors and our cultural approach to life.

What to do? Repent of our cultural and individual mindset of materialism, pride, and arrogance.
 
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