a. God will torture the lost in an ever-burning hell. The doctrine of natural immortality requires this. The egocentric motif thus distorts their view of the character of God.
b. God will torture and destroy the lost in hell-fire that annihilates.
c. "God destroys no man; every man who is destroyed will destroy himself." Sin, not God, destroys the wicked. The second death is a merciful thing to end their real misery.