Deconversion and some doubts

[Acrobat]

Firstly, it's not the same thing, finding wallet and not returning it is in fact a theft and is harmful to the owner. Keeping it is a bad thing. Having consensual sex (more and more do I regret briniging it up as an example) is not harmful to anyone, I would even tell that it is the opposite. 

What I am saying is that you telling me that I ought not do things that are harmful to others, is not much different than Catholics telling you, you ought not masterbate or have premarital sex.

Why ought I not do things that are beneficial or pleasing to me, just because it’s harmful to others? If it pleaseS me to do something that’s potentially harmful to you, why should I not do it, anymore so than you masterbate for the sake of pleasure?

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Not just physical consequences. There's the damage to your own empathy to consider. The more you victimize others the easier and more tempting it gets. You are the sum of the choices you make. It's very easy to get into the habit of thievery. Best not to start unless you want to be a thief, even if you know you won't get caught. Choices aren't only about the moment, they're about who you are and who you're going to be.

Empathy is a pretty finicky son of a bitch, it’s much easier to feel it for the homeless you rarely have to deal with, than when they’re stinking up your streets. More easier to feel towards those that look like us, and have things in common with, than with those not like us. You show white people a video of a black person getting a needle, they feel less empathy than if it were injected into black skin, and vice versa.

Stealing your wallet, far more digestible then stealing my sisters purse.

So the idea that stealing your wallet damages my biological empathy, is perhaps not as true as you hope it would be.