(August 21, 2023 at 9:29 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(August 21, 2023 at 9:20 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: I don't see how that would be ludicrous except in the sense of emotional repugnance.
What is the point of punishment except to be either a deterrent or to change character and behaviour? If the event is past and there could be no deterrent, and if the person's character and behviour changed without need of suffering, then what purpose would there be to violence except to appease the emotions of others?
It's ludicrous because you don't have to behave, have your fun and then, at death's door, accept Jesus and get a get-out-of-hell-free card.
Why is that ludicrous?
Surely the most moral position (from within xtianity) is that everyone is forgiven, becomes good, and lives in bliss forever?
It seems roughly the same from outside a xtian POV too. That the 'best thing' would be an infinite number of morally perfect beings being good and experiencing bliss for infinite time.
