"I can't reconcile a good God with eternal hell; maybe none of this is true."
How it sounds in your head: How can a loving Father torture people forever for not believing the right things in a short lifetime? That's not love—that's sadistic. Either God isn't good or this whole system is made up.
"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
-- John 3:17Source: Medieval torture theology imported into Scripture, and a caricature of God drawn from Dante instead of Jesus.
The eternal conscious torment she was taught feels unjust and disproportionate, making God look worse than any human villain. She can't worship a God who would do that, so she's questioning if He exists at all.
Jonah RAN from God because he knew God was 'gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm'—Jonah HATED that God would forgive Nineveh. God's mercy offended the prophet, proving that God's heart has ALWAYS been more gracious than religious people want Him to be.
I REFUSE the lie that God is a cosmic torturer. IT IS WRITTEN that God sent His Son NOT to condemn but to SAVE, which means His posture toward humanity is RESCUE, not revenge. The Father who wept over Jerusalem and died for His enemies is not gleefully sending people to eternal torment—He's grieving every choice to reject life. IT IS WRITTEN in 2 Peter 3:9 that He is 'not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.' I stand in the BARAK blessing, under a covenant of LIFE, and I trust the Judge of all the earth to do right. My questions about justice don't disqualify my faith; they reflect the heart of the One who IS justice.
The Father isn't asking you to defend bad theology—He's inviting you to know His ACTUAL heart, the one that would rather die than lose you. He's not the villain religion painted; He's the Father who ran to the prodigal, and He's running to you in your questions.