> While on a youth retreat with my church... For a secular person - the proverbial outside looking in - this sounds like a significant conflating factor. Kids

> While on a youth retreat with my church... For a secular person - the proverbial outside looking in - this sounds like a significant conflating factor. Kids are especially vulnerable to suggestion, and any group that preaches the likelihood of eternal unpleasantness is not likely to engender mental tranquility.