Theological Vice

The well known theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity in many situations can become the most terrible of vice. Examples given below are situations that can be common or extreme however, at some point they all have happened and our dear theologians have yet to elaborate on the value of them in light of the results.

Faith: While the religious person may indeed have perfect faith in their deity, they must also exist within a society. Given this they are capable of having Faith in Deity and a National or Ideological set of principles or persons. Here is where it goes terribly wrong: Would a Hitler Youth deny being both a Christian and a National Socialist or that the two could possibly conflict?

Hope: The religious are still quite human and therefore capable of imperfection in a given moment thus the following: The faithful layperson who Prays to win the lottery or their favourite team to win in a sports competition?

Charity: When does charity become a negative? When it comes at the cost of self or at the price of the lives of others. This will require two examples: 1. A man of wealth on the verge of death donates all his possessions to the organization of his faith and pauperizes his children in the process. This is charity at the price of others. 2. Does the one without soul have a self that can be egotistic when the ego does not exist? Or less extreme, The target of indoctrination can easily loose any sense of self or its' worth prompting an excuse for any excess or violence in the name of the doctrine without any thought of self. This is the obliteration of self that altruism cannot justify, in terms of morality or legality.