Boundless has an article on the moral issues of piracy (via A Blog Apart).
“Theft is taking a person’s property against his rational will. It simply doesn’t matter that if you hadn’t stolen, you wouldn’t have purchased either. The thing was his, and you took it without his consent.”
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“The next time someone calls you a thief, don’t bother to be offended. It’s merely what you are.”
I enjoy the second quote a lot. Seriously though, take a look. It’s got some good arguments.
Jason Wall has an excellent article about love and pride, and the semantics of these and related terms. He provides a good analysis of related problems and gives lots of scripture to back up his points.
The first sin was pride and it led to the first lie ever told. My pastor once told me that at the root of every problem you will find a lie. To overcome those problems you have to find the lie and establish in your heart, not just in your mind, the truth. This is why Paul exhorts us to think of things that are true.
I stumbled across a story at AccordionGuy’s site via redshifter.org’s QuickHits. If you’ve ever thought you could never be scammed into anything, READ THIS!
AccordionGuy was dating some girl who ended up being super freaky, having several children, previously gone through some sort of rehabilitation, and other assorted problems. He got duped by this chick. Then his blog saved him because somebody took the time to clue him in on this girl’s ploys.
One more reason I always say: Make sure you really know the girl before you kiss her or anything else!