8th Commandment
Quote from the Bible
15. You shall not steal.
My interpretation what it means
Another tough one (or not): Don’t steal stuff.
How it relates to US Law
This Commandment does have counter parts within US Law. The Constitution is all about what the government can and cannot do, but there are plenty of Federal laws that deal with theft and other crimes. So yes, it is against the law to steal.
Commentary
Just like “don’t murder” this Commandment is mirrored in the vast majority of laws of all civilizations ever, at least in civilizations that have/had property. Just like “don’t murder” it is difficult to narrow down the influence to just the existence of the Ten Commandments. Giving the proponents the benefit of doubt, we have two laws that the Ten Commandments have an analogue of and six, to this point, that do not. We have two to go – I wonder how they measure up.
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