How do you cope with Hell?
When I was young I attended a Christian school and worked/attended church throughout the week. I was very seriously about the Bible and took what it said at face value.
I don’t remember what the trigger was, maybe a disaster or war but something got me thinking about death and the afterlife. At the time, I believed in a traditional Heaven and Hell which led to a severe reaction. I thought about death and people suffering, in whatever capacity, and had a really bad panic attack.
Although the panic subsided, the dread never left and it started to completely rift my faith altogether. I couldn’t cope with potentially billions if not tens of billions suffer, with that much even Heaven started to look like Hell. It really bothered me and the people I asked would dodge become agnostic about Hell in general.
The way I managed to cope was embracing universalism, I don’t bother trying to justify it biblically and that’s not what I’m here to discuss. Universalism and other radical beliefs are off the main-stream, so to ECT/Annihilaiton crowd, how do you cope with Hell? Does it bother you and if not what gives you peace. Specifically Christian’s who believe humans are being or will be sent to that location.