[Matchett-PI]

"There is a particularly ugly streak among religious folks who claim the authority to decide who's going to hell and who isn't."

Religious zealots are self-righteous legalists who conveniently ignore the Scriptural warnings directly aimed at them. [John 7:24; Matt 23:28; Rom.2:28-29, etc., etc.]

[Darkwolf]

Good point. Such zealots are a small (I imagine), vocal minority who seem to forget it's not about THEM but their god.