There is ZERO biblical bases for this belief.
Mat 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
You can't be punished if your not conscience.
Luk 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Jesus gives us insight into hell and the gulf that separated Gods people and those that did not obey the prophets.
Mar 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
The fire in Hell never stops, it can not be quenched.
Jesus went to hell to preach to the spirits in prison. If Jesus did not go to hell, then all sin was not laid on him and death and hell were not defeated for us.
Act 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
1Pe 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
No need for chains if spirits are not conscience in hell.
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
(2Th 1:8-9)
To be in Hell is complete separation from the Lord and punishment everlasting.
What the confused, stupid and demon controlled people say:
They take the simple concept seen clearly in scripture and then get into the Greek and twist it to their own ignorance.
They say that the Word Eternal...... Aionious does not really mean eternal but it's a Greek Adjective from the root Aion. Aion has a start age and an ending age, however the Adjective Aionious does not. The Word means to continue forever unless defined in the Article. That is what a Greek Adjective is, it can be by itself or change from the article.
Aionious punishment means just that........ Punishment that never ends.
However we have another Greek expression in Revelation.
Eis Aion, Aion.
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up
for ever and ever:
(Eis, Aion, Aion) and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
(Rev 14:11)
Eis, Aion, Aion means age on top of age on top of age forever.
If there is no eternal punishment, then there is no such thing as Eternal life either. People that don't believe in eternal punishment can't believe in eternal life and are lost. It's the SAME GREEK WORD!!!!
Beware of the devils people, their lies and twisting and half truths are easy to spot.