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

[Gwaithmir]

I asked what point you were trying to make via the quote?

You said we know by empirical observations that the earth resides in a heliocentric system. I wanted to show that this isn't the case and empirical observations can support either model. Or as your expanded quote explained, we choose one model because it's easier to work with.

The same applies to questions of God.

Wrong! Empirical observations support the heliocentric system. This is why you've abbreviated the Hawkins quote. You might as well argue that the earth is flat. The heliocentric model is not only easier to use, it's the correct one, as science has confirmed long ago.

Mainstream Christianity has defined God's attributes, and those attributes do not correspond to reality. Neither do they pass rational scrutiny. God, as defined by mainstream Christianity, does not exist.