To add to this, "Go and sin no more" is only merciful compared to death if someone's willing to pick up that metaphorical cross, bear it, and change their ways. It's not some megachurch "All is forgiven, keep on sinning" pablum. It's akin to telling a morbidly obese person "Go and hamplanet no more". It requires them permanently and drastically change their diet. They'll have to give up most of their friends who encouraged horking down cheesecake. They'll have to lay down dramatic boundaries with their family who raised them to live such a destructive lifestyle. They'll have to abandon their couch potato hobbies and adopt new ones which are literally and figuratively painful. If they join a volleyball club they'll be picked last and feel the shame of being a hindrance to their fellows. Telling a ho "go and sin no more" is just as much of an ask in exchange for forgiveness.