If it was greed, it wasn’t for wealth for its own sake, but rather, a means to an end.
Every decision made and action taken…
…every… one…
…is done so with the overarching goal of shoring up the premise of “God’s Exclusive Earthly Organization”, and mitigating any threats to its continued survival…
…despite the face-fucking irony that - as I explained a couple posts back - if said premise were really true, they wouldn’t have to.