The law doesn't say it's wrong. And fortunately I don't let a church brainwash me into believing sh!t like this is wrong.
Forget about the church.
I know you are not NAIVE enough to believe the LAW determines what is right or wrong. The FEDS are the biggest crooks around and if you don't know that; I hope for your own sake you will never find out.
You keep comparing cheating to stealing, and honestly I would think if ANYONE could understand the fact that they are completely different since you OWN money but you DON'T OWN a person, it would be you
Whether cheating or stealing, the old cliche "If it is not me, it will be someone else" is the card most will pull in justification of action.
Sure there is a difference between a women WILLINGLY spreading her legs and STEALING (not willingly taking).
But when you say this,
I never found cheating "despicable". I don't believe it is RIGHT to do
You know it's against your own MORAL yet you act on it. This is where the real problem lies.
If you truly believed it was RIGHT, then I couldn't argue with you. This would be your conviction.
Your conviction or let's say MORAL states "It is wrong" and this card of "NATURE trumps Conviction" is the excuse layering I know you are ABOVE.