Eternal punishment is pointless.

[Lek]

Have you ever heard or even read the Epic of Gilgamesh? It predates the oldest versions of the Torah.

The Lilith legend is ancient. It predates the Torah. The first literary reference to Lilith is found in the Sumerian tale entitled Gilgamesh and the Huluppu Tree (circa 2000 BCE), which is part of the Epic of Gilgamesh. In the tale Lilith is one of three creatures who haunt a great Huluppu tree situated in a holy garden of the gods. At the foot of the tree is a snake. The poem is remarkable in that has many similarities with the Biblical tale of Eden. First, the tree and Lilith are located in Inanna's "holy garden", evoking the image of the Garden of Eden. Secondly, the tree itself invokes an image of the Tree of Knowledge, in which Lilith is said to dwell in some later myths. Lilith is also associated with a snake that recalls the serpent that tempted Eve. The poem also associates her with a bird who flees through flight, this is also an act and capability which Lilith is said to have done.

And by the way, a large part of said epic talks about the great flood, with Gilgamesh building a boat.

Although, overall the stories are totally different, portions such as the tree and the serpent corroborate one another as far as what knowledge had been passed down through generations concerning the earliest times. Often myths have a basis in reality. There are also many other "great flood" stories from around the world, which would lend credence to the belief in a worldwide flood.