No Steve, the issue is that I do not know what you are talking about. Why is God not capable of creating a third option? Why is it only live with him for eternity or get tortured by him for eternity. He is supposed to be all-knowing, can he not think of any other option? I can think of a couple; let people live away from God, or just let them stop existing.
Well, first of all, God created us in his own likeness and image. Part of that means that we live forever.
His original design was that we live forever with Him, on a world designed explicitly with our every need, and pleasure in mind.
Sadly, our first mother and father decided that they would rather die than live. So they ate the fruit and as a result, they eventually died.
Next, according to Romans 11:29, the gifts and callings of God are not returnable. There are certain things that God just isn't going to take away.
Being alive for all eternity is one of those things.
Next, there are only two options because that's all that is necessary.
A place where God is, and a place where God is not.
The place where God is, is his home.
Paradise in eternity, God will dwell among us. Thus, everything God is wil be in paradise.
Hell is a prison cell, where the ungodly go because they didn't want to know God. According to Revelation 20, even hell will be emptied, and those who did not come to Jesus will be judged according to their works, and then cast into the lake of fire.
Thus, the lake of fire is a place where God is not.
Everything that God is, does not exist in the lake of fire, or hell.
We read in the bible that God is Love. God is light (no darkness dwells in him), God is righteous, God is just, God is holy, God is true, God is peace, God is comfort, God is Joy, and numerous other attributes.
So, in hell, there is no love, no peace, no joy, no hope, no comfort, no rest, no truth, ...
So, if you actually don't want anything to do with God, he will honor your choice and leave you alone. Which means that you will go to the place where God is not.
For God to provide a third option, it will require him to sustain it. Since you don't want anything to do with him, why would he want to sustain someplace that you don't actually want him there?
Or is he powerless to engineer any other option?
It's not a matter of sustainability. It's a matter of whether you want to be with Jesus or not.
If you do, then paradise will be your eternal life.
If you don't, then hell/lake of fire is your eternal death.
You repeat this statement four times - I guess you think it clever. I do hope you are therefore able to clarify why there are only two options.
Read above.
I posted them that many times to get you to think beyond your comfort zone.
Eternity is a long, long, long time to live with the awareness of how deeply you screwed yourself, should you refuse to engage YHVH and Jesus on his terms.
We don't tell you about this because we like seeing you tormented.
We tell you because God says that he doesn't want you to perish.
He wants to save you from experiencing the consequences of your sin.
But you have to turn to YHVH from your sin and place your trust in Jesus Christ.
He'll give you everything you need to know him and escape the corruption that is in the world because of lust.
This is a forum set up to do exactly that! Are you not aware of that?
Actually, we get to tell you the truth, and then you have to decide whether you want to know the truth or not.
So far, you just keep saying that you don't want to know the truth.
When you are telling me I believe God exists when I know for sure that I do not, I am indeed not going to pay much attention to what you say.
I said that according to Romans 1, and psalm 19, you already know God exists.
Also according to Romans 1, and your own statements, you don't want to know God, and as such have closed your mind and the consequences of this is the darkening of your heart, and a further separation between God and you.