Re: Loquat...

You are assuming that all suffering is equal, but that ain't necessarily so. Just as there are degrees of rewards for believers (more than just a hint of that in Scripture), so there are degrees of suffering for unbelievers too. So no, I don't see that as an insuperable problem. As for your analogy with prison, that quickly breaks down. I've lost count of the number of times I've heard relatives of victims say they're glad the criminal concerned will serve a lengthy prison term rather than face the noose. They consider the latter the easy option. 

The former gives them time to reflect on their misdeeds, and if they have a conscience, living with the knowledge of what they did could be a fate worse than death for them. But these considerations are largely academic for ppl like us. We've not been thru this kinda experience ourselves to know what it's like to suffer like this. So in the end, you can't settle an entire doctrine on human experience alone. Our respective cases stand or fall by what Scripture itself says, and we've yet to put it to the test.

I merely cite it as an example of the kinda problems your position must address - problems such as the question of 'natural justice'.