Christian belief in eternal torment is indefensible.

Thank you for responding. Okay, I need to clarify some things! I apologize for not explaining more details from the start. This is my first debate here. This is not about whether the Christian Bible supports eternal torment. Quoting the Bible will not prove your position, except to those who already agree with you. There is no point in having a debate if you simply say God is correct no matter what God does. My goal is to convince the Christian that this belief is flawed. I start with the assumption that Christian doctrine of eternal torment is true, then follow the "logic" of it and show how it fails. Your goal should be to convince the skeptic that this is true and just. You must show it is reasonable, instead of just preaching your beliefs and saying God can do whatever God wants. I understand if you are no longer interested in this debate. I can cancel this and rewrite my original position to clarify for a future debate with someone else. If you wish to continue, then let me give a starting point for my position. 1. God already knew most would reject. 2. God chose to create us anyway. 3. Therefore, God followed through with a plan that results in billions of people ending up in eternal torment. This is absurd cruelty. And frankly, I don't even feel I need to explain why because it is self-evident. I seriously question how anyone can accept this. It is my firm conviction that people who accept this are: A. In denial because they have not considered how repulsive this is, or B. Do not love as Jesus commanded. Jesus said to love your enemies, so anyone who believes this should have trouble sleeping at night, to say the least! One common attempt to sidestep this problem is to say humans choose hell. While I can acknowledge that humans do bear SOME responsibility, they do NOT bear ALL the responsibility. Humans did NOT create hell, nor did humans choose to be born in the first place. And furthermore, God's insistence that all non Christians remain conscious throughout eternity, rather than be wiped out of existence, is indefensible. And this does not take into account the fact that evidence for God is inconclusive at best. Not only that, but even if there were evidence for God it would not mean Christianity is the correct version of God. Granted, evidence for God is outside the scope of this debate, but many intelligent, sincere truth seekers do not believe in God. Certainly others do believe in Christianity, which shows my original contention that evidence is inconclusive. I agree with the common saying that God can neither be proved nor disproved. Thus, I am agnostic. (do not waste time quoting Romans 1!) According to your belief, most are headed to hell (Mathew 7:13-14). So, either the way to salvation is too difficult, or humans are flawed. If the way to salvation is too difficult, God must bear some responsibility. Or, if humans are flawed, then the creator of humans (God) must bear some responsibility. Please acknowledge the problems of your belief system. Let me know if you wish to continue this debate, now that you understand the format. Or you can withdraw and I will delete this debate and rewrite it with more clarity from the start so someone else can debate this topic. Thanks