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The Church's position of crime - like theft, gangs, rape, murder, perjury, etc. - has been addressed firstly in the ten commandments, particularly numbers four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten. These commandments deal with human relationships and how we are to love our neighbor. The Church's stance on these topics of crime are that they are sinful and selfish, and they do not foster a love for our neighbor and help those who are weak or in need.

The forth commandment is, you shall remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy. This commandment teaches us that we should take time out to praise God , but if your in a gang you are constantly being involved in non-Catholic situations that draw gang members further from the Lord. If they understood what God has done for them they wouldn’t be disrespecting Him.

The fifth commandment is Honor your Father and Mother. Gang members think that being in a gang is like being in a family. So, without any parental guidance there is no room for honor for anyone. They think that being in a gang is a family, but they have no idea what real family is and they deny that they ever had a chance to be in a real family.

The sixth commandment is Thou shall not kill. Everyday we read or hear in the news about someone being killed because of gang violence. This commandment is the most important and the most serious. Killing someone just because they aren’t like you is wrong. Sometimes gangs misjudge who they kill. It might be you walking down the street wearing the wrong color shirt and you wind up getting shot. This is just another example of how violent gangs are and teens who enter this world of violence never amount to anything.

The seventh commandment is Thou shall not commit adultery. Sometimes we’ll read in the paper about a rape or something of that nature and it sometimes turns out it was people in a gang that end up doing these kind of acts. This commandment should to respect everyone, but then again gang members play by their own rules and they don’t pay attention to what people say.

The eighth commandment is thou shall not steal. If you don’t think that gangs steal your in for a surprise. It doesn’t matter if its just a couple of bucks or a brand new car, gangs will steal anything.

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