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

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Yeah you don't want people hanging out with you just for the money !!  :-) 
Fear does seem to be a powerful motivator.
Do you think we can outgrow it?  Or look past it?
I read an article recently that talked about disgust.  Pointed out that it was a useful feeling that keeps you safe, but that every culture is different with respect to what they find disgusting.  I think the article wondered if we might be missing out on good experiences if we don't understand our disgust feature and overcome it at times??  Use it properly?? 

Yeah fair enough - I can see this. 

My assumptions are;  1)  There is an eternity.  2)  Anything false will eventually unravel.  3)  Anything true will survive.
From that perspective - I'd mean to say that fear based religion has a bit of a falsehood in it and so is destined to unravel eventually.  Although it's fair to consider that a fear based religion can linger around for a long time - so long as it's being fed by our nature.  ???

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Option #4. The vast majority of religious people are religious due to cultural inertia. While there are religious converts, they constitute a statistically insignificant minority.

Boru

Probably true.  Maybe a mixture of all the above to varying degrees per person?

Plus some other things I haven't thought of??

Sure, it could be a mix. But again, that's probably not a significant number of people. Anything other than Option #4 is really just an add-on to #4.

Boru