Biblical Inerrancy - mandatory to be Christian?

[Darkstar]

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Are they masochistic? Kinda... I gave an analogy earlier when Rhythm wasn't on the ignore list (and pardon the language): Lets say I own a farm and you're a hired hand. You're also a douche. You continue being a douche for a long time, both to me and the other hired hands. Finally, I kick you off the property. I say you're allowed to come back when you quit being a douche for good. You never do. Am I unjust for not allowing you onto the property? You never met the menial goal of "stop being a douche". However, I'm not the only farm owner, and all the other farm owners kicked off their douches too. Now there's only one place you can go, and its called "Mt. FuckItSucks", and on Mt. FuckItSucks you have to live with a whole bunch of other douchers just like you. Now we have to rename the place "Mt. FuckItReallySucks". Has there been any crime of any farm owner or hired hand? Nope.

It's not that God is punishing them, but its that they refuse God as "God". God allows this. However, he does not allow those same people to reap all the benefits as the ones who are behaving. Just isn't right. The analogy doesn't fit this, but actually all directions away from God, regardless of choice, is hell. It's compared to a lake of fire because it sucks without God, not because God is actively creating the punishment. It is just for God to allow their pain eternally because they refuse to accept God eternally. If they were to hypothetically change their minds, they could. However, they won't. They think their way is better.

And for the record, I do not adhere to any divine command theory. The good is not simply good because God says so. The good is also not greater than God. The good is God. To have moral qualities is to resemble God.

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Does this mean that if you are a morally upright atheist you will not go to hell, or is accepting god still the main thing? (or is accepting god synonymous with being morally upright, from your interpretation)

Also, I am curious as to the scriptural validity of purgatory. When I was a theist, I was told that it was a kind of in-between pace where the people who didn't have totally pure souls (or something like that) were cleansed of their sins and eventually sent to heaven. Some failed and went to hell, but only the worst went straight there. Is any such place mentioned in the bible?