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I get asked this question quite often these days, and I usually reply that if your neighbor had Obama campaign signs on his lawn, or a bumper sticker on their car it's obvious they are fine with sharing their wealth. We have all seen these "unsecured" Wi-Fi signals in our neighborhood, usually from people with Apple Mac computers (and Apple "Airport" Wi-Fi signals) - so they must be liebruls anyway.
The Bible (KJV1611) is pretty clear when it comes to stealing (Exodus 20:15), but most of the references to actually "stealing" anything involve things like cattle, oxen, donkeys and sheep (Exodus 22:1, 4, 7, 9, etc.). God also instructs us not to graze our livestock in our neighbor's field or vineyard (Exodus 22:5), and the Ten Commandments also talk about the thought crimes of "coveting" our neighbor's wives and goods.
One of the things that is clear is that these Wi-Fi signals are not anything like sheep or goats. The "scientists" tell us they are more like "light", it's just that we can't see it with our eyes. If my neighbor leaves his porch light on and some of the light spills on my property, he has no right to ask me to pay for the light that lands on my yard.
Secular law holds that a portion of a neighbor's tree that encroaches on my property belongs to me, and all the fruit and nuts from said tree are mine as well. Could the same be said for a Wi-Fi signal that happens to land on my property?
Now someone is likely to say that "surfing" on my neighbor's Wi-Fi signal is the same as my sheep "grazing" on his land, but I would point out that at the end of the day my neighbor is not bereft of any less Wi-Fi signal - unlike the example in Exodus (22:5) where he has some missing grass.
The Bible (KJV1611) is pretty clear when it comes to stealing (Exodus 20:15), but most of the references to actually "stealing" anything involve things like cattle, oxen, donkeys and sheep (Exodus 22:1, 4, 7, 9, etc.). God also instructs us not to graze our livestock in our neighbor's field or vineyard (Exodus 22:5), and the Ten Commandments also talk about the thought crimes of "coveting" our neighbor's wives and goods.
One of the things that is clear is that these Wi-Fi signals are not anything like sheep or goats. The "scientists" tell us they are more like "light", it's just that we can't see it with our eyes. If my neighbor leaves his porch light on and some of the light spills on my property, he has no right to ask me to pay for the light that lands on my yard.
Secular law holds that a portion of a neighbor's tree that encroaches on my property belongs to me, and all the fruit and nuts from said tree are mine as well. Could the same be said for a Wi-Fi signal that happens to land on my property?
Now someone is likely to say that "surfing" on my neighbor's Wi-Fi signal is the same as my sheep "grazing" on his land, but I would point out that at the end of the day my neighbor is not bereft of any less Wi-Fi signal - unlike the example in Exodus (22:5) where he has some missing grass.
I love the screeching sounds it makes when connecting, and I actually hear similar noises when I'm praying, knowing that I'm fully synced with God that way. 
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
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