themselves to be evil, not one admitted the fact. It was reported that even while they were committing the crime, they didn’t see what they were doing as an evil act. How could this be? Simply because he who steals, and he who is stolen from, have completely different attitudes toward the crime. One violates; the other is violated. When King David committed adultery and murder, most would consider that his crimes were horizontal—committed against men. However, the Bible says that they were vertical
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