> Some decent portion of children turn out to be atheists. If being an atheist is an infinite sin, then Christian parents have kids knowing that there’s a high probability that their child will commit an infinite crime — one far worse than the holocaust.
Well. One the bible is pro-children, so not having children on the grounds that doing so would contradict the bible, and is thus itself a sin, meaning they need to have children.
Secondly, Hell is at most as bad (probably a lot less so) then Heaven is good, so even the chance of having good little Christian babies is a reason to have children.
> Suppose that one day I cause an event that will cause someone else to be infinitely tormented, despite me not knowing that it will cause them to be tortured.
This is clearly not a sin. In the same way that someone gaslighting you into believing that it's not the day of rest when it actually is can be forgiven with relative ease by god. Generally you need to act intentionally to sin...
> heaven is just as good a holding place as hell.
But then would ruin heaven for all the good people in it! D:
> It rehabilitates people — this doesn’t apply; hell isn’t rehabilitative.
P sure some denominations hold you can still be forgiven... but sure let's assume infinite torture.
> It deters crime
Think of all the crimes that Hell has deterred. Some people might have actually made meaningful scientific progress if they weren't scared of hell.
> Rather, it should fit the character.
Someone who rejects god has such a sinful character almost by definition. Though in god's everloving grace he does let clones have the option to accept Him through free-will (this is why all the books and movies with clones show clones diverging from each other).
> Can a finite being be infinitely vicious?
Only if they reject god.
> They have to think that, not only do some people have a character of sufficient viciousness to deserve infinite torment, every non-Christian does.
Well yeah, this view is absurd. I prefer Dante's version, where non-Christians just get to go to Heaven-lite. If they were not sinful, that is.
> Some decent portion of children turn out to be atheists. If being an atheist is an infinite sin, then Christian parents have kids knowing that there’s a high probability that their child will commit an infinite crime — one far worse than the holocaust.
Well. One the bible is pro-children, so not having children on the grounds that doing so would contradict the bible, and is thus itself a sin, meaning they need to have children.
Secondly, Hell is at most as bad (probably a lot less so) then Heaven is good, so even the chance of having good little Christian babies is a reason to have children.
> Suppose that one day I cause an event that will cause someone else to be infinitely tormented, despite me not knowing that it will cause them to be tortured.
This is clearly not a sin. In the same way that someone gaslighting you into believing that it's not the day of rest when it actually is can be forgiven with relative ease by god. Generally you need to act intentionally to sin...
> heaven is just as good a holding place as hell.
But then would ruin heaven for all the good people in it! D:
> It rehabilitates people — this doesn’t apply; hell isn’t rehabilitative.
P sure some denominations hold you can still be forgiven... but sure let's assume infinite torture.
> It deters crime
Think of all the crimes that Hell has deterred. Some people might have actually made meaningful scientific progress if they weren't scared of hell.
> Rather, it should fit the character.
Someone who rejects god has such a sinful character almost by definition. Though in god's everloving grace he does let clones have the option to accept Him through free-will (this is why all the books and movies with clones show clones diverging from each other).
> Can a finite being be infinitely vicious?
Only if they reject god.
> They have to think that, not only do some people have a character of sufficient viciousness to deserve infinite torment, every non-Christian does.
Well yeah, this view is absurd. I prefer Dante's version, where non-Christians just get to go to Heaven-lite. If they were not sinful, that is.