You're confused. CTB didn't lie, cheat or steal to show the love and compassion of Christ for the poor and needy so your comment is irrelevant to my post.:thumbsup:
There is a big difference here. This man was not forced to decide. If was he was moved to help the poor all he had to do was pay for the food and give it to him.
This regular implication that those who disagree don't manifest the love of God is offensive. No one has any idea what we do to meet the needs of the poor. I just don't feel compelled to give what belongs to someone else. That is not biblical giving.
What's immoral about saying "you can't give our food away"? The vet said in the interview that he would have paid for the muffin if Cracker Barrel had asked him; why didn't he just pay for the muffin without being asked?
Answer the question, CTB: did the vet take something that technically didn't belong to him, even if he did so for the right reason? If yes, then isn't that stealing? And isn't stealing immoral?
And if you answer "no, he did not take something that technically didn't belong to him", then please explain your reasoning.
You're confused here too. CTB didn't give anybody someone else's stuff. I spoke to CTB's character.
And a few of you have got such a twisted sense of arrogance and needing to be right, that you continue to comment about what you think was said instead of what was said.
And we got a handfull of others trying to attach the stealing of a 73 year old to CTB as though he stole something.
CTB has consistently said that the vet was right for giving the homeless man food that he didn't pay for and wasn't his to give. I agree with giving everywhere and any way I can; should I steal to do it?
No, I can't answer yet. You admitted that the muffin didn't technically belong to the vet; but you didn't answer if what the vet did was stealing, and as such, was it immoral. Nor did you answer if it wasn't stealing, why it wasn't.
We look at things to justify them.
If I steal a corn muffin then I suppose it is far worse than steeling a new car (at least from the standpoint of selling my integrity for a corn muffin…such a low price).
It simply was not the man’s possession to give - we give out of what God has blessed us, not out of someone else’s belongings.
This should not even be a questionable issue, and for those to whom it is, start with Exodus 20.