Dante"s placement of Violence as a lesser Crime compared to Fraud based off of his placement of the two in his 9 circles of Hell

     Dante places the sins of violence in circle seven of hell, and he places the 10 sins of Fraudulence within the eighth circle of hell. It's interesting to see that he considers a simple crime such as stealing an object far more devious than that of a sin like killing oneself. It's actually a common question with a variety of answers and one of the most commonly accepted answers being his belief and interpretation of Catholic religious doctrine. Dante believes that the sins are based off the degree and severity in which they challenge god's will. The sins like homicide and theft are great examples, where as homicide is considered more of a lesser sin compared to theft because of the way they defy God's will and because of the. Dante proves this by the inferno's wide array of living conditions for the souls and their punishments based off of the circle of hell they reside in. A fraudulent person is one who's constantly perpetrating evil, according to Dante, wheres as Suicide is more of a sin to to god rather than a sin towards god's will, love and care. A good example of this is in Dante's fourteenth Canto, page 110, where he discusses the sinners called the Blasphemers, who defy god's will, and comparing them to the sinners in Canto twenty four page 194, the thieves who defy god's will, but also his love and grace towards humans and his gift of love to each and every one of them. The Blasphemers defy God's will and receive a punishment within the seventh Circle of Hell by lying on the grand while being burned by scorching hot sand and a fiery rain representing god's anger towards them defying his will. Although the thieves reside in Circle eight Bolgia seven of hell, an area of hell much  deeper than that of the Blasphemers. Their biggest difference according to Dante is how these two groups of sinners defy the never wrong always just, will of god. Since the thieves had the intention of causing evil and stealing from one another, there punishment not only defies god's will like the blasphemers, but also goes against god's plan for humans to love each other, and for humans to care for one another. I completely disagree with Dante's views on the severity of punishment, and I am coming from the same religious views as well. Us both being catholic involves the theory that god created all and that all he did was just, also that he created care, and love for humans to enjoy and not go against with evil intention. Although, I believe that killing someone is far more sever of a crime because it means that the killer has the mental acceptance to end the life of something created by god with evil intent. Stealing objects is for evil intent and also requires a certain level of mental acceptance, but doesn't end the life of one of god's creations, therefore making it a lesser crime in my opinion.