You are speaking of what is called "mainline Protestantism." Catholicism is, by far, the largest Christian denomination in the US. Moreover, large areas in th

You are speaking of what is called "mainline Protestantism." Catholicism is, by far, the largest Christian denomination in the US. Moreover, large areas in the south, midwest, and California favor the "evangelical" and "fundamentalist" varieties of Protestant theology, where Hell (and inculcating mass fear of Hell) is very much the central concern today. Your immediate local community likely does not have many of either group.