IRJE #1 “a sin is a variation of theft”

In Khaled Hosseini THE KITE RUNNER, the father of protagonist Baba talks to his son about what he thinks is sin.

“there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.”

“‘When you kill a man, you steal a life” Baba said.” You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see?'” (p. 19)

I like what Baba said, because it is true, and it feels more wrongdoing a bat thing after reading this.

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