"Faith Alone" is a false teaching, and only serves to lead some of us further away from God (who is joy itself)

Many have believed that the good thief on the cross was saved "by faith alone" (a false teaching). Considering that submitting a deceptive time sheet is stealing (and lying, of course), I ask, when was the last time a person was called to hang on a cross and die of asphyxiation for such a thing?