That is not the same as believing it to be true -- that there really is such a place of punishment. Well... I guess there's a 50/50 chance - it's either true or not.
Why do you believe it to be untrue?
PMFJI, been I've been reading your interesting debate. If you want me to butt out, just let me know. However, regarding the Biblical eternal punishment, Lee Strobel's book "
The Case for Faith" presented the argument that the lake of fire, etc., was figurative. I don't have my book here, so I quickly Googled it. Here's a little commentary on Strobel's chapter in this regard.
A Loving God Would Never Torture People in Hell