You are only speaking about the superficial aesthetics. The fact is that Christ in his role as prophet was the Jewish prophet that spoke most about hell and what a serious danger sin is.

The clerics who associate with the traditional aesthetics, actually talk about that and are committed to teach people what is and is  not error. The same cannot be said about those clerics infused with the spirit of the 60's who can barely utter the word sin without making a joke. 

Hell is not a joke, and if more people took it seriously more Catholics would do much more to help with charity and avoid the cruelties of the world. One of the things tradition offers is the idea of personal culpability for how rotten the world is.

It certainly has with me, I was practically living like an atheist before I found treasure that the old generation hid away.  I give more of my time to others than ever before, in regards to voluntary aid work and compassion.