justbyfaith
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If I was to say to some I will totally destroy you, I would not mean preserve them eternally and torture them eternally.
I would mean to make sure nothing was left as if they had never existed. To destroy anything, is to make it non-existent.
Is the body of sin made non-existent when it is crucified (Romans 6:6 (kjv)? I think not (1 John 1:8).
So if you hold to a uniform torment, you are holding to torment for youngsters, who though not guilty of sinful acts, are guilty of the sin of rebellion against God as not living in communion with Him. Now is there justice to torment those who have no choice than what they are born into with eternal torture? This is a strange God of love and justice, which no where in scripture reveals this as His nature.
Personally, I believe that those who did not have a chance to receive Christ in this life will be given a singular opportunity after death.