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Lesson 6
Lesson 6
ABELLERA
CHRISTIAN ETHICS 4
LESSON 6
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS:
1. WHAT IS BRIBERY?
Bribery is related to the eight commandment in the sense that bribery is also a form of
stealing. When we bribe someone just to get what we want, we are taking something that is
supposed to be for someone else. We took someone something that is rightfully his or hers. We
never know. May be, that something which we took from her or him is his or her everything.
The fact that we took something which is not ours is wrong in itself. Worst, the act could
produce or cause unlikely consequences.
There are a lot of temptations to theft which are faced by our leaders of the church. In
the Philippines for example, there is this separation of the church and the state but for many
times, the church or should I say its leaders, are still actively participating in political matters.
Their influences matter especially to our fellow Christians. They could change the beliefs or
dispositions of the Christians with the words coming from their mouth. Also basic example are
the monetary collections in the church, there is a great temptation that someone would take
improper favors out of those.