Bald Prophets are Dangerous

[Esquilax]

Was it really necessary to kill all forty-two kids? To trot out one of my favourite lines again, an opportunity I always relish, wouldn't that be teaching them a lesson they'll never remember? If people had to die that day, surely it would have been better to slaughter 'only' a few of them, perhaps only those within the bears' reach, then the survivors would get the message not to mock bald blokes as well as being in a more fit condition to actually tell other people about it?

That's where we come back to the "infinite punishment, finite crimes" thing again. As hell proves, god isn't interested in teaching lessons, really. No, god's more into the infliction of pain and suffering, as much of it as possible, to anyone who wrongs him. Using a very broad definition of wrong, given the bears just for teasing a bald guy.

And at the end of that pain and suffering you go to hell, where all of that never ends. Not a lot of opportunity to learn a lesson and become a better person out of that, now is there?