Do you mind giving some Scriptures or is that your whole argument?
An argument??? See, it begins already.
In your very first post you stated......
To be clear, I’m not trying to start any argument in this thread".
I never argue my brother, and I always use Scripture as the basis for all truth. SO, what can we do for you on this.
Matthew 25:46: ...................
"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
By no stretch of the imagination can the punishment spoken of in Matthew 25:46 be defined as a nonsuffering extinction of consciousness. Indeed, if actual suffering is lacking, then so is punishment. Let us be clear on this: punishment entails suffering. And suffering necessarily entails consciousness.
Now consider the fact that there are no degrees of annihilation. One is either annihilated or one is not. The Scriptures, by contrast, teach that there will be degrees of punishment on the day of judgment (Matthew 10:15; 11:21-24; 16:27; Luke 12:47-48; John 15:22; Hebrews 10:29; Revelation 20:11-15; 22:12).
The very fact that people will suffer varying degrees of punishment in hell shows that annihilation or the extinction of consciousness is not taught in Matthew 25:46 or anywhere else in Scripture. These are incompatible concepts.