[Serious] What God's justification for eternal torment?

[Gwaithmir]

You should be aware that, at the time of the release of his book, Hawkins stated, "One can't prove that God does not exist, but science makes God unnecessary."
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/stephen-hawki...d=11571150

I have no objection to that; I agree with Hawking.

Where I perhaps disagree with you, is if you conclude that the existence of something depends on its necessity to explain a phenomenon. Consciousness, for example, is unnecessary for explaining anything the brain does; and yet consciousness fills up the entirety of our experience.

Please see updated comment #82.