Dude, Christianity grew incredibly fast, because life was barbaric and folks were cruel and Jesus offered a much better way of life based largely on love and forgiveness. Many of his early followers were martyred in horrific ways and they went out like absolute champions, praising and thanking their God, forgiving the wicked folks that did that to them and singing and people were beyond touched by something so powerful and pretty much converted on the spot. I think Christ is tremendous because of his love and forgiveness and we can't ever forget that, but just because we believe that doesn't mean we have to be weak. We hold ourselves to a higher standard then the folks that might persecute us and I don't see that as weakness, but strength from and in faith in our lord.