As far as I can tell, the issue is that your theology is different than mine in a number of ways.
For me, the Old Testament vision of a wrathful God does not make sense (in terms of what I think God should be like) and therefore I don't accept it. This comes of me not believing that the Bible is the literal revealed word of God as you probably do. It is for this same reason that I do not believe in all the stuff from Revelation -- the Rapture, the trials and tribulations, etc.
Second, I would hope that I could be motivated to do what's right by my desire to be a good person and NOT by my fear of eternal hellfire. That's one reason I don't believe in that vision of hell. I don't want my kids to behave because they're afraid I'll beat them -- I want them to behave because they know it's the right thing to do.
So I guess the major difference is that you are (I assume) Bible-believing while I am much more inclined to see the Bible as something written by ancient people and to take what seems logical (to my mind) from it and leave the rest.
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