There Bible says they really aren't. There are none good....not one, according to Isaiah and Paul. When one reads the standard set in the Sermon on the Mount it becomes apparent that nobody has ever obeyed God's will for even a day of their life. Ecclesiastes merely says the worldly life "comes to an end", yet ackknowledges sheol and anguishes over the fact he, nor anyone else, knows what happens after death. I see nothing in scripture to support the doctrine of annihilationism. It's merely wishful thinking on the part of the unregenerate.
I understand that although people see sin as relative (which is why not everyone is in prison), God doesn’t. It’s black and white. It is a sin or it’s not a sin.
>>I see nothing in scripture to support the doctrine of annihilationism.<<
I think we see what we want to see. You know how people missinterpret “the love of money is the root of all evil” to say “money is the root of all evil.”? Well I think we do a lot of that regarding hell, what it is, how long it lasts, and how long anyone sent there will “suffer pain”.
Again, I use this analogy because it is similar to a lot of the wording in the bible regarding the afterdeath (as opposed to afterlife). If I say I am going to paint a fence blue for all eternity, do I mean that for all eternity I will be painting, or does it mean I will paint it once and it will STAY BLUE for all eternity?
The article I linked to does a VERY good job of defending the case that people who are not written in the book of life in essence simply cease to exist. It seems to compliment Ecclesiastes as well. Those people simply lead out their life and, at the second death, are annihilated much as animals are at their first and only death.