People often complain about Fundamentalists or Baptists talking about hell. "Scare tactics," the cry is. The implication is that we're bullying people into doing something on the basis of an imaginary boogie-man.
Based on Scripture and the way Jesus Himself talked about hell, I think we're more like a fire alarm, alerting people to a very real danger and giving them the means of deliverance.
Here's an excellent post by John Piper on the subject of hell and why people choose it.
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