<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jubilee Centre - Blog]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/blogs.php</link><description><![CDATA[Comments on the blog: Shoplifting: the Message of Christmas?]]></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:14:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Alan White]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/259/shoplifting_the_message_of_christmas#comment1314</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks Yewtree, but I think the incident with Jesus and the disciples (Mark 2:23-28) was focused on the Sabbath and the Pharisees' approach to the Law. In Deut 23 it says: 'If you enter your neighbour’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to his standing grain'. So no stealing there. As you say, shoplifting affects the community and it also offends God.]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/259/shoplifting_the_message_of_christmas#comment1314</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:14:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yewtree]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/259/shoplifting_the_message_of_christmas#comment1306</link><description><![CDATA[I was thinking that it was a bit like the bit where Jesus and the disciples plucked the ears of wheat on the Sabbath, and people complained about it (not just about the Sabbath-breaking, but the loss of wheat).  (Sorry can't remember chapter and verse.)

The problem with shoplifting is the moral impact on the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/259/shoplifting_the_message_of_christmas#comment1306</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:32:13 GMT</pubDate></item><atom:link href="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments.xml.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>
