As I grew older, I asked many Christian proselytizers, "If everything you're claiming about Christianity is so true and so convincing, why does it have to be backed up by a violent threat?"
Invariably, they either remain mute on the subject or deny that the promise of Hell for wrongdoers is a threat.
Invariably, they either remain mute on the subject or deny that the promise of Hell for wrongdoers is a threat.

"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)