They get a choice, and most people know about it in this day and age. God was merciful when he spared humanity after the fall of man when he was justified to eliminate His creation (and he pretty much always is considering He made us). It could be a hell of a lot worse.
I know the myths, But what I want to know is:
1. Is it OK by any moral standard to torture someone for eternity?
2. He was merciful when someone ate a fruit and didn't kill them, how nice.
3. Talking snake????
4. So your good book says this, BTW these are where morals come from
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)