It essentially brings faith down to believing in whichever religion promises you the greatest reward for participating while threatening the worst punishment for not participating (with the assumption being that since Christianity promises infinite reward and
threatens infinite punishment, that's the one you must pick).
So even getting angry at our neighbor's dog or lying about why we were 10 minutes late for work is an infinite affront to the righteousness of God, and therefore, deserving
of infinite punishment.
Also, by this logic, there is no guidance whatsoever for deciding between Christianity and Islam (just as an example), since both promise infinite reward and
threaten infinite punishment.
The absurd injustice of
this infinite punishment is even greater when we consider that the ultimate source of human imperfection is the God who created them.
A perfectly just God who sentences his imperfect creation to
infinite punishment for finite sins is impossible.
I second that — quoting one of my favorite websites, evil bible d com:
Infinite Punishment for Finite Sins
And you would worship an immoral being that mets out
infinite punishment for capricious «crimes»?
I agree with you: «Finite crimes do not deserve
infinite punishment».
You can torture and kill every person on earth and
an infinite punishment is still infinitely worse.
The concept of
infinite punishment is sick.
And the rest doomed to
infinite punishment?
For that matter, if I make the claim that there will be infinite reward for everyone who gives me ten percent of their income for the rest of their lives and
infinite punishment for anyone who does not, my claim has equal standing with either of those religions under Pascale's Wager and you'd better start paying up if you want to hedge your bets.
Finite crimes do not deserve
infinite punishment.