Quote (JessiWan @ Dec 8 2022 10:27pm)

You are missing the point.

I am not a defender of Christianity, however people need to realize that religions want people to be good. They have to come up with certain fables and mythologies and sometimes downright falsehoods in order to "trick" people into being good. And throughout most of Europe's time, the idea of a hell really served that purpose well. People feared being burned and they certainly didn't want this for all eternity. So they kept their noses clean. It was genius if you think about it.