If God forced His will on people...then everyone would be Christians Chrissy. And there would be peace on earth becaue that's the only way God would have it.
Anyway, I'm done discussing this, it just goes in circles because as humans we don't know for sure. We can only believe or have faith. I have a hard time believing a book written by man soooooo long ago. I can believe in a creator of sorts and that's where it ends for me. I would LOVE to believe in a heaven etc but I really don't.
Just remember this Chrissy...I did not want to go into all this other stuff. I asked a simple question which only needed a simple answer of what you would have done if you had been Mary or Joseph and asked what was asked of them.