Avoid Money Scams

This really irks me.  When a person enters a church they are generally expecting to find a place where they can let down their guard a little.  Which is why this type of fraud really bothers me.

 The story is that a New Orleans pastor used the church funds for personal gain.  You can find the complete story here.  It seems that even our sanctuaries are not safe from scam artists.

To be fair, I do not know the individual involved here.  There were certainly pressures involved to drive a person to steal from the congregation.  But at some point the pastor had to realize that this sort of action is wrong.

Which is really the topic of the day.  What makes a person ignore the basics of right and wrong?  Is it simply breaking the law?  Is it deception within the legal boundaries?  Is something okay to do simply because a person can’t be sued, fined or imprisoned for it?

Clearly there are those who believe that something is not wrong even if it is illegal.  Is it okay to break a law just because it is inconvenient or disagreeable?  Is it okay to break a law if nobody gets hurt?

At what point does a person cross the line into behavior that cannot be justified?  How does a person convince themselves that it is okay to defraud others?

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