Would you feel comfortable owning stolen property?

I think you need to provide more information.

Why do I sense that you have a sermon to preach?

I would probably feel comfortable owning stolen property if I did not know it was stolen, but if I knew it was stolen or if I had reason to believe it was stolen, then yeah, it would bother me. The degree to which it would bother me would be directly proportional to the value of the property--a stolen pen, I'd probably get over, but a stolen car or something? I would want to check with the authorities to be sure it was not stolen before I could enjoy ownership of it.

Well the question is simple. I am looking for a honest answer to this question.

How about living in anothers home while the past owners helplessly can only look on without a home of their own?

How about living in anothers home while the past owners helplessly can only look on without a home of their own?

Do you mean like being a "squatter"?

Sounds more like a foreclosure.

How about living in anothers home while the past owners helplessly can only look on without a home of their own?

My honest answer is no. For one thing, it is not possible to own something that does not belong to you and is stolen. I would neither be comfortable to be in possession of stolen property nor would I actually do it.

Thats actually a good answer. But what would you do if you were informed that where you live now was unjustly taken from another and these people would like to have their home back but cant have it?

Your questions are becoming more leading now, but to the extent that the home was actually STOLEN from the past owners, no, I would not feel comfortable living in it.

Now, if you're just talking about the home being "stolen" in the sense that it was legally repossessed from deadbeat owners who couldn't or wouldn't make their house payment, then I would be ok with that--but I wouldn't consider that the home was really "stolen" in that case.

You could stretch that idea to say that all of us who are not Native Americans are living on "stolen" property, but to the extent that the property has been obtained legally (no matter how fairly you think the law was written or enforced), then no, we're not living on stolen land. Most Native American tribes didn't have a concept of "owning" land anyway, so it couldn't have been stolen from their possession.

Well the question is simple. I am looking for a honest answer to this question.

Sounds more like a foreclosure.

I would probably feel bad about it but as long as I wasn't culpable in why the home was lost I would have to put it out of my mind or otherwise I may end up homeless myself along with my wife. Sadly there is a lot of un-justice in the world that results in pain and suffering. The bible says that there will always be the poor but does not relieve us the responsibility to play our part in making this a better world to live in.

Your question-while simple-wasn't clear. The elf guy is much clearer on his point, and I still don't know exactly what you were seeking by your unclear question.