If Trump claimed it was Joe’s fault because he punches elderly people in the face every day, 30+% of the country wouldn’t just believe it without question but would start claiming it immediately.
I mean, the concept of hell as people claim it, or of purgatory, are largely unsupported by scripture.
But what makes more sense is that they’re just fictional storied that make no sense. Just like ancient Egyptian afterlife myths, Hindu afterlife myths, etc.