Hello there nightwalker!
Hmmm...... Lets's see here my friend, the bible clearly speaks of unbelievers being cast into Eternal Torment, regardless if such people as yourself attempt to find metaphors, no metaphors involved.
Clearly understandable from your viewpoint, i pray that you will one day realize the truth, and although you are entitled to your own opinion, there will always remain one absolute truth, and that is that unbelievers will be condemned. It may appear that God's undending will love is displayed when HE condemns the wicked, but you must understand that God is absolutely Holy and can't be in the present of evil or sin.
It is written:And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
And as for now, you as a human being are born in sin just as every other person on this forum, and Jesus is ther only way to reconcile yourself to unto God, and it is as easy as one simple step, and that is why you are here, so an ubeliever such as yourself will have no excuse when you stand before Almighty God on the day of Judgment.
There will we no excuse when we have heard the truth and have heard the free gift of Eternal life which is as easy as one prayer and have rejected it, nothing to lose but everything to gain.
http://www.jesus-christ-forums.com/salvation.php
The Word of God also says:Hebrews 9:27 - And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 1 Thessalonians 5:9:10
Don't stay in the dark to long nightwalker!
God Bless!