All those who made a large donation were promised a place in heaven. No money-back guarantee. No one would be returning to lodge a complaint. They must rely upon faith alone. I read the Apocalypse and considered it merely the rantings and ravings of a maniac.
Faith is a cop-out.
It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. Freethought is crucial. Freethought needs to be publicized. It is nothing less than surrender.