re if there were no hell in article may athos rutgers edu u mrm csc liv ac uk m r mellodew writes in article may athos rutgers edu shellgate llo uu psi com larry l overacker writes fear based religion is not a faith relationship with the one who made us all so does that mean that anyone who is a christian to avoid hell isn t really a christian at all it sounds like it to me if that s the only reason i d be inclined to doubt whether or not what they profess is christianity the relationship of faith is based upon trust fear and trust are generally incompatible if my only motivation is fear is there room for trust if so there s room for faith if fear precludes trust then there can t be faith larry overacker llo shell com lawrence overacker shell oil company information center houston tx llo shell com
