Did you even read the article you posted? Here is a direct quote from the very link you posted that supposedly "contradicted" my statement:
"Allah can rescue people from hell as he chooses, and that he is merciful and compassionate, have hypothesized that eventually hell will be empty. Alternatively, Hell can be seen as a place of progress where souls are instructed until they are fit to go to heaven:
'Life after death is actually the starting-point of further progress for man. Those in paradise are advancing to higher and higher stages in knowledge and perfection of faith. Hell is meant to purify those in it of the effects of their bad deeds, and so make them fit for further advancement. Its punishment is, therefore, not everlasting.'"
Well Revelations 20:12-15 doesn't say that exactly. Death and hell deliver up the dead and you get judged according to your works. Then, if your name isn't in the book of life, you get cast into a lake of fire and suffer a second death. This doesn't indicate to me a constant suffering but rather a death -- a complete annihilation of life.
Annihilationism is not biblical. The second death is mentioned on multiple occasions in the book of Revelation and is synonymous with the lake of fire. It is a “death” in that it is a separation from God, the Giver of life. It is called the “second” one because it follows physical death.
Revelation 21:8 explains the second death in the most detail: “The cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Three other places in Revelation also mention the second death. The first is Revelation 2:11: “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.” In this verse, Jesus promises that believers (“overcomers”; see 1 John 5:4) will not experience the lake of fire. The second death is exclusively for those who have rejected Christ. It is not a place believers in Christ should fear.
Revelation 20:6 speaks of the second death in relation to a future period called the Millennium: “Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.” This verse notes three important facts. First, those who die for their faith in Jesus during the Tribulation will later be resurrected to enter the Millennium and live with Him. Second, these martyrs will escape the lake of fire or second death. Third, they will reign with Christ.
The second death is also mentioned in Revelation 20:14-15: “Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” At the end of time, even death and the grave (Hades) will be thrown into the lake of fire. In addition, every person not included in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire. This condition will be final; the destination is permanent.
In summary, the second death is a reference to the lake of fire where those who are separated from God by their sin will dwell for eternity. This judgment was recorded in Scripture as a warning to unbelievers to seek the salvation that Jesus Christ provides. The coming judgment should also challenge believers to share their faith. There is a vast difference between the final destination of those who know Christ and those who do not.
Okay you're finally catching on.
This claim is contradicted by
this article about Islamic afterlife.
This claim is partially contradicted by
this link about Jewish afterlife.
Well, first of all, that's a pretty big blow. You could have been a God, but you ended up as an accountant in the afterlife. It's not bad – Jesus visits you from time to time. But it's just not the same as becoming a God. Second, Mormons believe that anyone who isn't saved the Mormon way is condemned to suffer for their own sins in the same way that Jesus did – through sweating blood and horrible agony. So that's no picnic, but at least it's not unending suffering.
Well Revelations 20:12-15 doesn't say that exactly. Death and hell deliver up the dead and you get judged according to your works. Then, if your name isn't in the book of life, you get cast into a lake of fire and suffer a second death. This doesn't indicate to me a constant suffering but rather a death -- a complete annihilation of life.