Universalism and Its Rhetorical Restraint

Gomes: How long has this doctrine, this form of teaching gotten by on the hesitations and reticence of its critics? I have seen critiques of universalism over the years many times that were quite solvent. They were also quite ineffectual because the rhetorical restraint was so preposterously exaggerated out of fear of offending against honest believers who are merely adhering to an ancient orthodoxy. That no one is ever really forced to think seriously about just how foul this teaching is.