Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
I'm no Biblical scholar, but my remembrances of the new testament suggests that nobody goes to heaven without embracing God. It does not suggest eternal torture for those who do not.
Not being in heaven is eternal torture though because the human soul needs to be close to god to be happy. And the chance to embrace god ends with life, so once you're in hell or wherever not heaven is, your soul suffers because it craves being in heaven.
It doesn't take a literal fire for eternal suffering. Or that's what a pastor once said in more detail.