Do Christians really believe most of us are going to hell?

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I've been researching this for awhile and lean one direction, but I'm not totally sure because there's evidence in the bible for both views. These views have been shared by christians down through the centuries. One possibility is that people who die as unbelievers will go to hell for an appropriate time and will then be annihilated. Another view, which I lean to more, is that those people will go to hell for a time and will eventually come to faith in Christ and will spend eternity with God. The bible states that Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. If most people don't end up being saved, that seems like wasted atonement to me. Although God can be loving by ending our misery, I think that universal reconciliation points to a loving God and it gives a correctional purpose to hell. I don't know if the majority of people will go to to hell or not, but it appears that way today. I just can't get into peoples heart's and minds. I can't know the nature of their relationship with God.