[Diego1618]

One who has ceased to exist isn't being "eternally punished".

He's not? 23rd Psalm. I guess to me it all about not dwelling in the house of The Lord......forever.

[reductio]

On the contrary, if one takes your view, there is no glory. No glory is possible. If placed in purely humanistic terms so as to allow for a parallel, if one goes to war where there is no death, no horrible consequence, no bitter alternative, then there is no reason for glory if one is victorious in battle. As it is in the natural, so much more so is it in the supernatural. The Scriptures speak to us in this same type.

I say that your ideas would let souls to hope for non-existence, will motivate no one towards anything lofty at all but will rather give false reason for souls not to try to attain the Beatific Vision of God as He is. Why, when the alternative is a non-threatening non-existence. It is not a biblical view, but rather an entirely pagan assumption concerning reality.

The primary reason for rejection of your view is the pure and complete retention of the truth. An ancillary reason has been provided above.