hard to digest

[IntravenousJava]

In the context of eternity, a human lifespan seems conspicuously short, especially if, on the strength of this all-too-brief audition, my soul risks everlasting damnation if I cut a poor figure. How do I reconcile this with the notion of an infinitely just, loving and merciful father figure?

[Polednice]

Well many Christians deny the existence of hell nowadays - the answer to this conflict is, quite simply, to make stuff up.

[IntravenousJava]

the answer to this conflict is, quite simply, to make stuff up.

More or less what I thought, and what I experienced during my Protestant upbringing. Make the external facts conform to the beliefs, in other words...