I see your point.
Some people believe that Hell is only temporary, a level of temporary suffering to fit the culprit's crimes, so to speak. Going by that logic, Hitler may very well be in Heaven. Not that I subscribe to that belief, of course.
In short, no one really knows the exact specifics of the afterlife, or the exact methods of judgment used to place a soul in its final resting place, unless one places complete, utter faith in a scripture. I personally tend to take a skeptical approach to scripture, seeing as how revisions, retranslations, and man's bias can warp meanings. A lot of the stories in the Bible don't need to be taken word for word; they simply provide interesting situations and metaphors that can help a person live their life. A guidebook instead of a blueprint, as it were.
Honestly though, I don't think about the afterlife that much. I tend to focus on living my mortal life as best I can. What happens after this life is almost inconsequential to me.
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