Or does it refer to people who deny God? Will those who deny God exists, the saints exist, etc. be annihilated?
To annihilate liberalism, you would first have to end stupidity, cowardice, and uselessness.
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I have no doubt that the author was referring to the heretical belief known as "soul annihilation". It teaches that the soul does not survive death, and therefore does not experience Hell (and depending on the teacher, it may not experience Heaven, either). Jehovah's Witnesses are IMO probably the best known adherents of soul annihilation.
Related threads:
Theologian Jim Cronfel Addresses Systematic Annihilationism in His New Book "Eternal Christianity"
Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal
HELL: Eternal Torment or Complete Annihilation?
There is also the offbeat doctrine of some denominations called “annihilationism” which holds there is no fiery hell, rather, the reprobate are just annihilated. Like going to sleep and never waking up.
An nihil ate suggests "to make nothing out of something." I don't think natural disasters do anything but obey the law of conservation of energy and matter and, so, they don't turn something into nothing (they only change its form).
And people who deny God wind up in eternal torment -- it would probably be better for them if they were made nothing.