Yeah but I really don't see this as such a big problem and I do still feel like perhaps your language suggests the burden for a christian to 'get away' with such crimes in the eyes of the lord is quite low, I don't really believe it is. The idea would be that someone who truly believes in god has repented from their past crimes, they are rehabilitated from their 'evil mind' that caused them to do such terrible acts.Riet said:I said if you "truly have faith." Most religious people don't commit attrocities, but neither do most atheists. The bible states that god is all merciful though, and so if you truly believe in him (and I don't mean stab someone and say "lol, i <3 jesus.") you will be saved. There is little difference between a little sin and a big one, in the eyes of the lord.
Also, in the eyes of the lord there may be no difference between sins but christians are not the lord, they have been given hints as to ways to order the mortal world by god but they are not to dispense God's justice.
My round-about guess would be perhaps that sin is seen as a state of being corrupted, to be one with god you need to be perfectly pure, perfectly free of sin and it is in this way that all sin is equal, in that even one sin is enough to deny you fellowship with god.