“Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry” (Prov. vi, 30).
Grand larceny is condemned, but petty larceny is commended.
Christ enjoined submission to robbery: “Of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again” (Luke vi, 30).
CHAPTER XXVII.
MURDER—WAR.
Murder.
I refuse to accept the Bible as a moral guide because it sanctions murder.
It is true the Sixth Commandment says, “Thou shalt not kill;” but this law is practically annulled by innumerable commands from the same source, like the following, to kill: