In the end, Jesus Christ will save all of mankind.

Let me begin by stating, once again, evidence that would refute the "eternal" nature of hell (and let me also note that my opponent has based the entire credibility of his argument on this point which I've already refuted)."That the words "ever-lasting, eternal, forever" when describing hell are not inferring an unending length of time, but a long duration or specific period of time. This is evidenced by a study of the Hebrew and Greek roots Olam, Aion, Aionios, all of which in various parts of scripture are used to denote varying periods of time."Two problems with my opponent's use of the word "eternal."1) Eternal: lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning. (From Merriam Webster's Dictionary). To say something is "eternal" it means it has no beginning. Hell surely has a beginning therefore eternal cannot literally eternal, or else we have a serious theological problem.2) If eternal doesn't literally mean eternal, what does it mean? It means "age" (which is the literal meaning of Aion and Aionios, the Greek words "eternal" are translated from).For example: Jonah 2:6: " I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me FOREVER (owlam)." Matthew 12:39: " For as Jonah was three days and nights ..." (Owlam = 3 days???) _________________________________________________________________ Exodus 28:43 (concerning Aaron's call as a priest) "...it shall be a statue for EVER unto him and his seed after him." Hebrews 7:11 "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood...what further need...another priest...after the order of Melchizedec..." According to my opponent, every time the word forever or eternal or eternity are used, it HAS to mean literally forever, yet here are two (of many) cases when it is clear from scripture that "forever" only means "a period of time" or "age."And lastly:Revelation 20:13 - "Then death and Hell were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death."Why would Hell be thrown into the lake of fire, to die, if it was eternal? Answer - it's not eternal. It serves a purpose, then it is destroyed.---So I have shown how the "eternal" which is so paramount to my adversary's argument does not have to literally mean forever. Which is enough to dismantle his entire position, but let me continue.My opponent seems to be mistaken about Calvinism:"You have the Calvinistic perspective which to me is the most viable"From Wikipedia's description of Calvinism: http://en.wikipedia.org...:"sin so affects human nature that they are unable even to exercise faith in Christ by their own will.... To remedy this, ... God chose or predestined some people to save. This choise is considered unconditional and not based on any characteristic or action on the part of the person chosen"So the "most viable" system of theology, according to my opponent, flatly contradicts his premise, which is, I quote:"The glory of God is that he saves those that choose to follow him, that is a Christians reward, and by denying that to them and saying you can act anyway and end up in heaven you are undermining the core principle of the bible."But Calvinism asserts the opposite, that WE don't CHOOSE Him, HE chooses US!To which my opponent must then assert that God doesn't design us knowing what we might choose, He chooses where we go before He designs us, some of which are predestined to a place of eternal conscious torment, and that somehow brings Him glory.Yes... you are right Mikal, we are reading different Bibles. The God of my Bible saved the world. The God of my Bible judges us to correct us. The God of my Bible "won't cast man off forever" (Lam 3:31). Yes there is a hell, but it is there not to FORCE men to believe, but to orchestrate their circumstances such that they will see the absolute error of their ways and repent.