“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me"

So God is Mr Niceguy?

Unfortunately, I still have no issue with Bible talking about torment or torture, since I have no investment in the Christian mythology one way or another - although I have a good idea of the nature of the Old Testament god, the one which after all is alleged never-changing, from reading scripture. Neither do I care whether the notion is symbolic or realistic for the same reasons. An indifference, logical to an atheist, already mentioned, 3 times now. 

As for the claim that the use of the word in Revelations in not of the most expected and normal type such as I quoted in the other contexts, but of a supposedly special type relating only to the torture of metals, when the scholars of the English Standard Bible demonstrably felt the regular English word seemed entirely appropriate when translating the text and subject of human damnation, well, the special pleading is noted. But either interpretation, yours or the main one, still relate to a type of torture, and more, yes, in a way torture can easily be a torment (at least enough to answer CJGCools claim that 'My reply was to CJG who insisted that 'no one goes to hell in a tormenting way'. So QED lol). Please take things up further with them scholars over at the ESB, or all the other bibles with equivalent translations of this passage come to that, if you are not happy - though they probably won't respond to any rudeness. I am more always likely to believe their translations than the insistence of some guy on a message board. Sorry about that.. But, thanks for playing.

Take the time to read my reply above as far as my personal interest lies in such arcane matters. I hope it helps.  But, from your sarcasm, perhaps you think hell & etc (for instance) are never presented as torturing and tormenting in scripture, either by implication or in specifics, whether symbolically or literally - depending of the level of your fundamentalism of course?  It might make a reconciliation with the notion of a supposed all-loving god more comfortable. The Problem of Hell is something with which honest Christians have had to face, and struggle with down the millennia, even if one ignores the issue of whether such a doom would be permanent for the damned.

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_Hell

Since I'm arguing no such thing...  It's not really a false equivalency...  I'm saying that destruction means destruction.

All I can do is repeat, again again a, quite natural position of atheistic disinterest in the fine details of a purported entity - something most logical and reasonable for anyone who does not believe in such a deity.  There is indeed a Problem, as I described only just before, of course: The Problem of Hell, a common one for believers with acute psychological investment in the mythology. Meanwhile, just to clear up suspicions that you and CJG (although so far he has failed to provide same) can't demonstrate matters, perhaps you can quote the scripture which, when talking about what sinners can expect of hell and damnation etc, describes it all in terms free of torment, torture, suffering, pain or similar miseries? -  Surely a formality. A place of comfort and joy no doubt. This simple ask is just to demonstrate that there can be no problem doing that lol.

Now, to avoid the tedium of repetition on this subject, and before you descend into your usual rudeness, I will leave it at that.

Good.... Because none of what you wrote actually makes any sense...  YOU DO NOT HAVE "ATHEISTIC DISINTEREST" IN THE FINE DETAILS... YOU WHINE NON-STOP ABOUT THE "FINE DETAILS" THAT YOU INSIST ARE TO BE INTERPRETED THE WAY THAT YOU NEED TO INTERPRET THEM SO YOU CAN WHINE ABOUT THE INTERPRETATION.