People fall for this because of indoctrination. People worried about an unknown part of you going to be burning forever in an unknown place need to back off and get a grip. When couples split because of this and one cries so much you see the big tears, there is usually a minister somewhere agging it on because his congregation once was both of you and he sees now that 1 is better than none. This would be about the money unless that minister is exceptionally stupid.

Take that situation back to just you and your brother it shows that your brother remains indoctrinated.

all the bad and evil in the world there can not be a god or gods

Welcome to the site, and it seems easy for a lot of people.

You can limit a person's unwanted behavior with you. Begin with " Stop ! Not going there with you again." Then, don't talk. I've gone as far as standing in a corner with my nose up against the wall with my fingers in my ears. You can la lalalala too. You must do it every time, no exceptions. Intermittent reward reinforces bad behavior. Even if it takes a year he will give up. It worked on my mother. Other family got tired of it and told her to leave me alone. She bristles a bit on holidays but she keeps her mouth shut.

I turn the subject around by asking them how they can pray to a god that will keep people alive for the sole act of torturing them? How pathetic is that?

I do hope this continues to work for you with your brother, though I think the least one contributes to verbal engagement is always better. As long as there's an opening, those folks can just keep on ranting.

Explaining does not help, people will continue to make you follow tradition.

Brainwashing basically.

We actually have been granted a special scapegoat for our times. Donald J. Trump. The problem is he feeds off of the negative energy- such a conundrum!

And how exactly does he think you are supposed to keep from going to hell? Is it by hypocritically pretending to believe something that you don't actually believe in? You can't force yourself to believe in something you don't. You can only pretend to. Does he believe in salvation by hypocrisy?