I believe in eternal torment, as probably most of us do here. But this guy lays out a pretty good argument for annihilation.
The Protestants got the blasphemous myth of eternal torment from the Roman Catholics who in turn got it from the Pagans. Even the worst form of punishment the godly have on this earth is death. We think anyone who would torture an animal evil
There is no point to punish people eternally--also it would defy God's laws--matter after a period of time is destroyed--and that is what the bible says happens to the wicked. Over and over it says "the wicked will be destroyed" "they will be ashes under our feet"
I see in Revelation used the verse whereit says "the smoke of their torment rises forever"--the same was said of Sodom and Gomorrah, but they no longer exist. The smoke of their torment is for those who "worship the beast" and it is the fire God will send on the earth at the end of the age--it is NOT the 'lake of fire'--and the angel plainly says what the lake of fire is The lake of fire IS the second DEATH. The lake of fire is obviously is a symbol--it is not literal as the angels AND hell AND death are thrown into it--Angels are spiritual beings they cannot burn--and Hell and Death are not matter either--so logically this is NOT a literal place. Also it say tormented 'day and night'--their exists NO day or night in eternity.
Also God said he is "making all things new" AND there will be "no more sorrow and no more tears"--this means what is means--NO MORE ANYWHERE.
There are only a handful of verses that are twisted to make Eternal Punishment a literal place of torment--this term is clearly FIGURATIVE since Jesus himself said he used figurative language. anything that ends with 'ment' means completed--it is not ongoing.
The other is there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth--note that it says--cast into Outer Darkness (in the context of a parabeand another says "When you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob entering the kingdom and you yourself cast out. So they weep with deep REGRET, NOT PAIN.
Note that when a person says that the punishment is ETERNAL TORMENT, then they are saying either,
1. Christ did not pay the penalty for mankind's sins --or,
2. That Christ is currently in this place of eternal torment paying the penalty
The most well known verse in Scripture says the wicked PERISH. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life."
"For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."--Romans 6:23
"But transgressors will be altogether
destroyed; The posterity of the wicked will be cut off."--Psalm 37:38
The bible is replete with verses referring to the DEATH and DESTRUCTION of the wicked. Please take just a few minutes and do a word search. If you do not believe these words mean what they mean, then you put the whole of scripture into question.