{during a lengthy debate during which he found a dozen ways to say "its okay for god to torture people in hell because he's God"}
We're talking about God's law and from the POV of a god, arguably the worst thing you could possibly do is not believe in them. Of course not believing in God is a crime to him.

Let's review. On Earth, being punished for what you believe. Bad.

After Earth being punished for what you believed (note that it's too late now, your life is over), not bad.

Why? Entirely different playing field with entirely different rules.