Thank God i live where I am that i can work and buy things i like and support the product. Hell in some places in this world you can work for.days and get paid so bad that u have to pirate, and Jesus died on the cross so if it's a sin at least its forgiven@ the end if you believe

In those places of poverty, they generally don't have any technology to use pirated content. I always found this argument to be fascinating, since it is blatantly untrue. People living in severely impoverish conditions don't have time to pirate music, movies, or video games. No, piracy is a phenomenon that you see in the more well off people, who use the "can't afford it" thing as an excuse, while the people that really can't afford it also don't have a use for it.

Let's see. First, is it stealing? For piracy to be stealing, you have to be taking something that belongs to another. Who owns music?


- Psalm 50:11-12

Ok, so God owns everything. That means if we're stealing, we're stealing from Him. Maybe he is okay with sharing?


– Prov. 11:24


-- Acts 20:35

Looks like God is cool with file sharing. But what about the fact that we're denying money from the copyright owners? Does God say anything about that?


- 1 Timothy 6:8-11


- Hebrews 13:16

All well and good, except that these all refer to the owner willfully giving (sharing). You also collude God's property with what man created, but then use verses about man sharing.

While the latter two verses are accurate, they are not justification to do wrong to your neighbor. Likewise, your neighbor may be an evil rich son of a.. but you still are not exempt from the laws pertaining to loving thy neighbor, which means stealing from him would still be wrong. This concept of Robin Hood is not at all compatible with Christianity or what it teaches.

Sorry, but you're most definitely wrong in this case.

Going into scripture with a preconceived idea on something is a BAD BAD idea. You will do anything and everything to take a piece of the puzzle (scripture) to put into your puzzle that might be close to fitting but you have to FORCE it in because it is off a little.



It is illegal and doesn't align with the word of God that pirating music is ok therefore a sin. (Once again before I rededicated my life to Christ I was huge into piracy, as well even a day or two after I pirated a bunch of Christian music thinking it was ok, the conviction was there and I realized even if it's Christian music it is a sin!) It would be GREAT if it wasn't a sin, but unfortunately it is (although yes you are forgiven if you do it and ask for forgiveness) and we are supposed to turn away from our sins, not indulge in them whenever we want and keep asking for forgiveness. This is how you grow spiritually.

If something is intended to be for sale, and you obtain it for free without permission from the owner, you are stealing. It doesn't matter if it's intellectual property, it's property nonetheless.

Right is right and wrong is wrong. Call me crazy but I paid a fee to one of the sights that allows you to download music. I didn't want the feds knocking on my door.

You religious people think that "God created man in his own image", thus he copied.

Being able to copy is the core of the religion.

Your argument/analogy is awful, and makes no sense.

A person is free to give away that which they create or own, that is called sharing.
A person is not free to take whatever he wants from someone else without their permission, that is called stealing (whether that thing is for sale or otherwise).

Ownership is the key here, when you purchase music, a movie, etc, you are not purchasing unlimited rights to it, you do not own it, you are purchasing a license to use it. The license (law) for that purchase stipulates that you may not copy or share it with others.
*Create refers to the original content, not creating a copy of the original. This is called counterfeiting, also illegal.

there is more then one "god" Let us make man in our image. I download all the time, but if i like something then i will pay for it