How does Christianity = free choice, when people are told that if they don't believe (or in my case CAN'T believe) that there is a lake of fire, and a place of wailing and gnashing of teeth and eternal torment for people who don't believe.
It's why the tortured the unbelievers in the Inquisition and during the subjugation of native people by the Conquistadors.
The Christians rationalized what they did, by admitting they were ruining what was left of their "earthly" lives - in exchange for a great deal for "eternity".
In a court of law - they'd call such a deal "extortion".
But hey, you have "free will" and remember - God LOVES you!
So long as you are not a preprogrammed automaton, you have a free choice in the matter of how you respond to God's call to salvation.
If you became hopelessly indebted to a king, and he placed you in prison until the debt was paid back (an impossibility), and someone came along and paid your debt for you out of his own pocket, would you say that was an act of love, neutrality, or hate?
