As a lawyer friend pointed out, if a first time DWI charge brought a mandatory 5 year suspension of your drivers license and a $10,000 fine, people would be much less inclined to drink and drive, thinking they could get away with it. Risk vs reward.
If the penalty for sin was death, how much sin would you do?
The end result of protecting people from their own stupidity is to live in a world full of fools.
‘If the penalty for sin was death, how much sin would you do?’
what difference does it make how much we did, since religions are keen on telling us we are all born sinners...