For the Hurt, the Blessed, and the Damned

With all the beauty, hope, and love that Christianity gives, there is an undercurrent of fear. Often that undercurrent is overt and clearly spoken, "Believe in Jesus or go to Hell." Even though many Christians do not believe that theology, it is still there, foundational for the faith from as far back as the third and fourth centuries BCE. That fear has often eclipsed and tarnished the beauty of salvation: love and connection with God and one another.