There IS hell, and the lost are kept there in wait of the judgement. But all that can't enter into God's Holy Kingdom, is destroyed out of existence by fire, that includes hell and all who are in it. How long they must wait, no one knows. That is the only period of suffering.
Can names be removed from the Eternal Book of Life?
The wages of sin is death. According to the bible, Jesus Christ saves us from death.
God is not about fear, but about Love although some only come to understanding of Love through the stage of first fearing the power of God before they understand God through Love and in spirit baptism to know all Truth for God direct... John 18:13 , Heb 8:8-12
Love is simply a vastly better way to live... one does not need fear to appreciate the wonderful nature of a Loving life, in fact perfect Love casts out all fear ... your premise is simply completely wrong...
Yes, yes, you need to be saved from annihilation. This has already been covered. Your extremely over-simplified point of view is virtually impossible for anyone to get confused about. If only you would listen to the point of view of the majority you might be able to deduce what their obvious responses would be, the way that we can so easily predict what your responses will be.
This is only a question for you because you are so trapped by your own personal definitions of life and death that you can't even imagin any other point of view. It is one thing to understand another person's point of view while disagreeing with it, but it is quite something else to be so self-absorbed that you can't even fathom the majority point of view. You would think that you've encountered it often enough to have at least some idea of what the obvious response will be.
The lake of fire, the true hell, is never destroyed. Hades use to be improperly translated as hell, but there is no hellfire in Hades. It is the lake of fire that is hellfire. And the Bible clearly states that at least three beings are never destroyed in the lake of fire, but are trapped there eternally, so at very best for your argument not all are destroyed in the lake of fire (Rev 20:10). That of course assumes that the reference to "the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever" doesn't really mean torment for ever and ever the way it clearly says.
Hades is not hell. The lake of fire, Gehenna, is hell. Rev 20:13 says that those awakened from Hades and death will be judged. You seem to be completely ignoring that part of Rev 20:13. Following the judgement of Rev 20:13 some will receive eternal life and others will be sent to Gehenna.
Yes, that was the question. Why didn't you answer it instead of exclusively focusing on attacking the orthodox point of view? That is not an answer to the question, that is just arguing past someone, much like the way democrats and republicans only argue past each other and never engage in a real dialog anymore.
Revelation 20:10 (KJ21)
That says nothing about the "lake of fire" or the "outer darkness" (which are probably the same thing). Entities that are there will not praise Christ at the time of Rev 5:13.
This point of view is clearly contradicted by Matthew 12:31-32, where Jesus speaks of those who can never be forgiven.
So I take that you think that being totally ignorant about our point of view is somehow good for the chances of having a dialog with us? How do you think that you can get through to people without having a clue what they think? That is a guaranteed way of never convincing anyone of anything. Have you ever in your life succeeded in changing anyone's mind about anything?
If that is true then why do you ask a question that demonstrates no ability to relate to how the orthodox view their own beliefs?
The orthodox point of view is not one in which everyone has eternal life because disembodied spirits are not alive.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
