Is Hell or Prison the best cure for immorality?

[Chad32]

All religions as of now have at least some concept of divine punishment for immorality and it seems to me that this has worked to a varying degree all until mankind stopped believing in hell. Although there are the religious wars and what not. But on the small scale level it seems to have done something.

Is a just hell better than a just prison?

I like the idea of hell for pedophiles and whatnot. I like the idea of heaven for good people. You should see how perverts are pampered in prison systems. they're kept away from the general population, they get jobs..etc. Hell is the answer, since justice is shit. Their has to be something to punish these sickos. eternity doesn't even sound harsh.

Except that in a system where belief in the right deity overrides pretty much everything else, pedophile priests could easily get into heaven. Spread the word. Give to charities, sell religious paraphernalia, and boink children. The first parts are more important to Yahweh than the second, especially since I don't think there's anything against it in the bible. In fact if it's girls, there could be outright approval.

That's another thing about hell, aside from the endless torture. Sweet granny that did her best to raise her children and grandchildren to be fine constructive citizens, and helped the poor and downtrodden, is probably rotting in hell for being a hindu. Or maybe for being the "wrong" kind of christian. While rapists, pedophiles, and murderers go to heaven because they said the right words right before they died.

There is no guarantee that good people are the majority in heaven, and bad people are the majority in hell, except if you subsscribe to the belief that we're all worthless pieces of shit that are only given value by how much we worship a narcissist.