though I like to think that it is mainly rooted in fear.
You can like to think that all you want without affecting reality even a little, tiny bit, Cedre.
You're the one that thinks people can be punished eternally for things they didn't do.
"The wretched world lies now under the tyranny of foolishness; things are believed by Christians of such absurdity as no one ever could aforetime induce the heathen to believe." - Agobard of Lyons,
ca. 830 AD