>>19479819We are in the best of all worlds (in the sense that worse worlds would fall apart, see fine-tuning argument) and the worst of all worlds (in the sense that no supernatural help is given) simultaneously, it just depends on your perspective, glass-half-empty vs. glass-half-full.
It's also the worst of all possible religious worlds, since our "official" doctrine in the West is that the creator of the universe actively hates us, but we also say that he "loves" us, despite, you know... not sure how "getting tortured forever" is a form of love.
It actually is true, though, just depends on your perspective: by being separated from divinity, we are experiencing torment, namely the torment right now, which also includes the torturous belief that we'll go to hell-hell for all of our many failures. The reason for this belief is that, at some point, the people who are trying to better humanity and even mean well go off the deep end, being fallible humans themselves, and just resort to scare-stories about us "getting super-punished if we don't behave" to get people to clean up their act. These scare-stories then take on a life of their own and become (metaphorical) demons that vampirically drain humanity, ruining people's mental health, and making them embittered, fearful, and cruel, depending on the person. Over time, some justification is built around why we all believe in this hell (where we actually are, so not strictly speaking untrue), and this ossifies into theology. It even contradicts the actual scriptures, religious writings we have, but people just "read it in": any reference to any kind of fire "is really about hell!", no matter in what context, and reference to any kind of destruction "is really about torment if you just read it right!", etc. The barest scraps are good enough, since fear stops reason in its tracks: "don't ask questions, just fear!"
This happens in every religion after 3-400 years, not just Christianity, I'm just using that as an example.
