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    26 refer to death and its finality — Carmelics
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    Supports→Every reference to the fate of the lost in the New Testament argues irreversible destruction of the wicked

    26 refer to death and its finality

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    • 1.Death is the permanent cessation of consciousness and all subjective experience, making it the ultimate finality in human existence.
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    • 2.No empirical evidence supports consciousness or identity persisting after biological death, supporting death's absolute finality.
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    • 3.Accepting death's finality provides psychological grounding for meaningful action and value prioritization in limited lifespans.
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    • 1."Finality" assumes we understand death completely, but consciousness itself remains philosophically mysterious and poorly explained.
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    • 2.Many coherent metaphysical frameworks (dualism, panpsychism) propose non-physical aspects survive death without empirical refutation.
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    • 3.The claim conflates biological death with existential finality—one's influence, legacy, and impact demonstrably extend beyond mortality.
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