I really wasn't speaking tongue-in-check because anyone who truly rejects the free gift of God in Christ, or fails to diligently seek Him, is wanting to be erased.
Perzackly.
The second death, as I understand it, is not eternal torment for non-believing ordinary beings but it is eternal torment for the rebellious spiritual principalities, Satan and his fallen angels, watchers, etc.
I would offer Matthew 25:41 for clarification. Hell was "prepared for the devil and his angels," but the text tells us that people will be thrown therein.
(The whole thing gets even more ominous when we realize that the aggelois [angels] of Matthew 25:41 properly includes people. [Ooops!])
That was my understanding, too, the_doc. It seems to me that "rebellious spiritual principalities" is a category "flexible enough" to include human beings who consciously choose to promote and extend the original rebellion...that of Satan and his host. Humans are free to choose to collaborate in that enterprise. Thus it seems such folks can become eligible for the same treatment as the devil himself.
But of course, this is only a speculation....