That makes far more sense when we contemplate death, deformed or terminally ill infants and small children...it doesn't make sense that a loving God would do that...if we have only one lifetime. Having experienced what I've experienced I find it's not about forgiveness, punishment or reward...it's about enlightenment. Because, from what I was taught by the church, I'd have gone straight to hell upon death. Yet what I experienced was so wonderful I didn't want to return to this life.