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Summary In Born Again By Charles Colson

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In the story of Robin Hood, Robin stole, but only from the rich so that he could give to the poor. He justified the sin of theft by claiming he had the good intentions of helping the poor. A similar circumstance to this occurs in Born Again by Charles Colson. The author is sent to jail for taking part in Watergate. Colson is in an Alabama jail where the prisoners are only allowed to wear dark brown clothing. A problem arises when the weather becomes unbearably cold and the prisoners do not have sufficient clothing for the cold. One of the prisoners discover a bunch of heavy coats, but they are all the wrong color. In order to help the cold inmates, Colson and others break the jail rules and smuggle dye into the prison the change the color of the coats. Everyone knows that smuggling things into the prison was wrong and it was against the rules, but some believe that the ends justified the means, therefore it was acceptable. Colson may have had good intentions, but he should not have smuggled dye into the prison because it effected his peers, his God, and his family. The first reason Colson should not have participated in smuggling dye into the prison is that his actions effected his peers. Everyone around him was affected. His Christian friends were dismayed to hear that Colson had made the deliberate delinquent decision to smuggle the dye. And politicians and people who were not believers were thrilled to find more fault in Colson and be able to accuse him for

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