[SamuraiScot]

But then, what about gossips, liars, thieves, people with critical attitudes? Those are sins too, and just as damaging.

Well, no. Some, like murder, sodomy, oppressing the widow and orphan, and depriving the workman of his just wages, "cry out to Heaven for vengeance," and those you mention don't. (Not that they're not bad.)

[JDW11235]

“and depriving the workman of his just wages”

...In other words, an Income tax.