Can we imagine the effect on our justice system if the jury were offered millions of dollars for making one decision and were threatened with death for making the opposite decision? "Oh, you're not convinced that Christianity is true after all the evidence I've presented in support of it? Well, let me throw this in for your consideration, then: if I'm right and you're wrong, then here's what's in store for you ..." If such cajoling is required to get an individual across the threshold of faith, can we say the new convert is truly inwardly convinced?
