“Perfect love casts out all fear.”
As far as I can tell, using a belief system that promotes fear in order to gain adherents - fear of not being good enough for God, or heaven, or anyone - is not a system based on love. There are two sides: a God who loves unconditionally and wants to heal humanity’s rifts. And a god who uses fear, and an appeal to peoples’ own greed, to divide and control them. No side is perfect, but one is caring and unifying. And it’s not about religions or governments it’s about core human values that people support, internally.
I’ve never met any person on earth who loves perfectly. Maybe sometimes we’re close, other times we are selfish or ignorant - we try to learn from it and keep on keeping on. Then there are those for whom love is meaningless except when used as a bartering chip with a heavy side of fear. Some, that’s all they know. They don’t really like love it’s just a superficial tool, and they can pretend. But, if your values are unconditional love it’s a risk you have to take and it might get bumpy.
I think if you look at the real world it’s evident who’s dominating. Unfortunately. But people are waking up - I don’t think we’re beyond hope. I wonder if it felt the same way - a bit surreal - at other points in history when there were major shifts?