[@Bishop]

He's talking about actual physical laws and punishments. I was just joking.

However, I disagree that every parent lies to their children. I consider t wrong to do so in any capacity (not that I want kids though). If you're asking how we can trust that God is telling the truth, the answer (assuming we believe God exists) is that we have no other choice. Against a being with literally infinite power, knowledge, and pretty much everything else, thinking that he's lying pretty much only leads to a dead end. What do you do at that point? But since there's no reason to believe that God is a liar, why bother contemplating what we would do if he were a liar? In that situation; there's literally nothing anyone can do about it, so it ends up being a very nihilistic "you technically can't disprove this even if there's no evidence that it's true."

Also, do you have any questions/comments/etc. about that last long discussion?