I see how you feel i grew up in a christian household but i never saw the reasoning behind the scare tactic for 3 reasons. 1 if you want people to love and follow this religion idk if fear is the way to go more rather then love (especially since thats what the propghet jesus taught). 2 Jesus had to be a highly intellegent being and he was if you read what he taught so idk if he meant hell as in the next realm or in the sense of being unenlightened. 3 for those who think that god or jesus would hate anyone is not only contradictive but just plain wrong. I also want to point out that ive studied the bible and different translations since i was a kid but i dont consider myself a christian just a student of philosophy. Thank you for posting about this topic.