> "I invented a new religion for you last night. God has a number in mind. If the sum total of all good acts minus the sum total of all bad acts exceeds this number then everyone goes to heaven. Otherwise, everyone goes to hell. Imagine then. Something you do could send everyone to hell."

Yes, imagine community where everyone is policing everything everyone else does. What you do is no longer a question of your own personal responsibility before God. Now everyone has a stake making sure you are behaving only In Good Way (tm).