The concept
of infinite punishment is sick.
Since when is a finite offense, deserving
of 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.
Not exact matches
No human being can cause an
infinite amount
of suffering, and yet he receives
infinite punishment in Hell.
To conceive
of an
infinite, eternal
punishment may have been genius, but it also reveals that vindictive hubris (not to mention immoral).
I second that — quoting one
of my favorite websites, evil bible d com:
Infinite Punishment for Finite Sins
But again, finite crime +
infinite punishment does not allow for the chance
of reformation.
I don't consider
infinite punishment for finite «crimes» just... (if some
of them can even be considered a crime).
The «
punishment» you refer to is akin to feeling sorry for the
infinite number
of people who were and will be deprived
of life because they were / are never conceived in the first place.
The social principles
of Christianity declare all vile acts
of the oppressors against the oppressed to be either the just
punishment of original sin and other sins or trials that the Lord in his
infinite wisdom imposes on those redeemed.28
So He, in HIS
infinite foreknowledge, choose to use himself as the substitute (in the 2nd Person
of the Trinity, Jesus), taking our sin, so we didn't have to bear the weight and full
punishment that we deserve.
Since his righteousness is
infinite, so the severity
of our crimes are
infinite, and require a like
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.
As a God
of justice and love he would never prescribe
infinite punishment for a finite crime no matter how wicked: http://bit.ly/17fVMYm
They are all but
infinite and they have to undergo an
infinite penalty in the flaming
punishment of purgatory... yet in virtue
of these confessional letters, you shall be able to gain, once in a life, full pardon
of the penalties.»
Even those who believe in God's
infinite posthumous wrath for sinners have no problems meting out the harshest
of penalties on those who abuse the innocent — as if God's
punishment isn't swift or thorough enough.
The first is about
punishment: even with repeated interaction over
infinite N periods, a defector member state that does not play by the «rules
of the game» will be removed from the union, thereby hindering access to competitive advantages, be they technical learning through information exchange, energy development, increased trade and industrialisation, and so on.
For Pascal, it is not simply Christianity versus atheism, it is every actual and conceivable religious system positing
infinite rewards or
punishments for any conceivable combination
of behaviours, and Christianity, and atheism.