First, I cannot take credit for the analogy. Second, I think it’s pretty good. Third, I know people who think they are being really good people and they really are. They are not Christian because they simply do not take the plunge away from modern intellectual perspective. Now, I know this means that according to the bible they will not receive eternal life, but just allowing them to die and “come to an end” as described in Ecclesiastes seems reasonable - and by reasonable, I mean according to what I see in scripture. They will not be protected from the second death. And the word “death” means, uh, death. The opposite of life.
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.