Goodness, you're putting me on the spot, here. But that's what you get when you're a priest, I suppose.
[He gives a couple more sips of the coffee, thinking.]
Well, first of all, you can't enact on greed without harming others. That isn't possible. For whatever you take, there's less of it available. You get greedy for food, and there's less food for the starving. You get greedy for clothing, and there's less chance for a person stuck outside in the cold to survive. Unless there's an endless supply of something, you will always be taking something that could potentially belong to someone else. So, in a way, they're both the same thing. Enacting on greed, and stealing...
[Hmmm.]
Well. I think in the end I'd say enacting on greed in general is worse. At least stealing as a singulair might have a valid reason behind it, such as stealing food to save your family. But doing it because you simply want it? That's altogether sinful.
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[He gives a couple more sips of the coffee, thinking.]
Well, first of all, you can't enact on greed without harming others. That isn't possible. For whatever you take, there's less of it available. You get greedy for food, and there's less food for the starving. You get greedy for clothing, and there's less chance for a person stuck outside in the cold to survive. Unless there's an endless supply of something, you will always be taking something that could potentially belong to someone else. So, in a way, they're both the same thing. Enacting on greed, and stealing...
[Hmmm.]
Well. I think in the end I'd say enacting on greed in general is worse. At least stealing as a singulair might have a valid reason behind it, such as stealing food to save your family. But doing it because you simply want it? That's altogether sinful.