Is it a sin...
May 28, 2017 22:07:18 #
Question for the OPP community. Is it a sin to feel relief because someone you owed money to died and you don't have to pay them?
May 28, 2017 22:29:30 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Mr Bombastic wrote:
Question for the OPP community. Is it a sin to feel relief because someone you owed money to died and you don't have to pay them?
No, IMO, not a sin. But, if they have a surviving wife or family members who need or could use it...do the right thing and give them the money.
Then, you won't have pangs of conscience. 
May 28, 2017 22:47:39 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
Actually the sin probably would be if you made a "promise" to pay and didn't. Which is technically a lie. Fortunately the way God judges is above my pay grade.
Mr Bombastic wrote:
Question for the OPP community. Is it a sin to feel relief because someone you owed money to died and you don't have to pay them?
May 28, 2017 22:48:06 #
slatten49 wrote:
No, IMO, not a sin. But, if they have a surviving wife or family members who need or could use it...do the right thing and give them the money. Then, you won't have pangs of conscience.
Then, you won't have pangs of conscience. What's a conscience?
May 28, 2017 22:49:12 #
JFlorio wrote:
Actually the sin probably would be if you made a "promise" to pay and didn't. Which is technically a lie. Fortunately the way God judges is above my pay grade.
I borrowed the money a few days before he died. I was gonna pay him back next payday. Honest.
May 28, 2017 22:53:40 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
You're a good guy. You'll do the right thing. Whatever that is.
Mr Bombastic wrote:
I borrowed the money a few days before he died. I was gonna pay him back next payday. Honest.
May 29, 2017 00:38:16 #
JFlorio wrote:
You're a good guy. You'll do the right thing. Whatever that is.
Actually, the debt died with him. He has family, but they were no longer in contact with him. I really miss him. He could be a cantankerous ass sometimes, but we looked out for each other. He died about a month ago from copd. My only friends now are online, mostly on this site.
May 29, 2017 07:51:14 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Mr Bombastic wrote:
Actually, the debt died with him. He has family, but they were no longer in contact with him. I really miss him. He could be a cantankerous ass sometimes, but we looked out for each other. He died about a month ago from copd. My only friends now are online, mostly on this site.
Just a thought...perhaps you could give the amount owed to a charity he favored, or even one that you favor in his name.
May 29, 2017 09:10:07 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
Then nothing to worry about. Maybe take what you owe him and buy something that reminds you of him. Or not.
Mr Bombastic wrote:
Actually, the debt died with him. He has family, but they were no longer in contact with him. I really miss him. He could be a cantankerous ass sometimes, but we looked out for each other. He died about a month ago from copd. My only friends now are online, mostly on this site.
May 29, 2017 12:09:12 #
Mr Bombastic wrote:
What's a conscience?
thats the thing that keeps you awake at night
of course some folks sleep very well anyhow
May 29, 2017 12:48:46 #
Mr Bombastic wrote:
Question for the OPP community. Is it a sin to feel relief because someone you owed money to died and you don't have to pay them?
It is called theft and God has stated "thou shalt not steal".
May 29, 2017 14:14:52 #
pafret wrote:
It is called theft and God has stated "thou shalt not steal".
How can it be theft? What kinda drugs are you taking? I was going to pay him back, but he died. You can't pay a dead person.
May 29, 2017 14:16:07 #
badbobby wrote:
thats the thing that keeps you awake at night
of course some folks sleep very well anyhow
of course some folks sleep very well anyhow
Well then. I must have a conscience because I can't remember the last time I woke up feeling rested. Stupid conscience!
May 29, 2017 14:53:59 #
Mr Bombastic wrote:
How can it be theft? What kinda drugs are you taking? I was going to pay him back, but he died. You can't pay a dead person.
It is owed to his heirs, to assume that you are discharged from repayment is fallacious. Only if there are no direct or adopted descendants, or wife, can you assume the debt died with your benefactor. You borrowed the money and created the obligation to repay; there was no agreement that if he died you were discharged from payment so payment is due his estate. If you had died instead, you benefactor might not try to get repayment from your estate because after-all, you had to borrow from him. Banks and Medical collection agencies on the other hand are not so forgiving. They will hound your heirs and demand proof that you were a pauper before writing it off as a bad or uncollectible debt. Note that they never dismiss the debt, they only cease trying to collect it.
May 29, 2017 14:56:49 #
pafret wrote:
It is owed to his heirs, to assume that you are di... (show quote)
He didn't have any heirs. I don't know of any relatives he had, or how to contact them. So how am I supposed to pay them?
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