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    It is not the case that A crime against God is infinite in demerit

    Aggregate Confidence:40%

    Reasons For

    7 perspectives
    Reason for 1 of 7
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    • Some offenses deserve more punishment than others
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    Reason for 2 of 7
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    • If all crimes are equally infinite, then according to this argument, those offenses will not receive more punishment than others
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    Reason for 3 of 7
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    • if an offense does not get the punishment it deserves, it is unjust
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    Reason for 4 of 7
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    • If God made this punishment, He would be unjust
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    Reason for 5 of 7
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    • God made this punishment
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    Reason for 6 of 7
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    • God is not unjust
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    Reason for 7 of 7
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    • If the above is true, it is not that a crime against God is infinite in demerit
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    Reasons Against

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    Reason against 1 of 2
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    • 1.Infinite demerit admits of degrees, just as Cantor showed that infinite sets can have different cardinalities and magnitudes.
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    • 2.A crime against an infinitely perfect being carries infinite demerit, yet sins differ in their finite contributing factors, producing ordered infinite demerits.
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    • 3.Aquinas held that punishment proportionate to sin can vary in duration and intensity while each mortal sin still merits an infinite privation of the ultimate end.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.Anselm's satisfaction theory holds that offense is measured by the dignity of the one offended, not solely by the act's intrinsic character.
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    • 2.God's infinite dignity grounds infinite demerit as a floor, not a ceiling, leaving room for graduated punishments that reflect finite aggravating differences among sins.
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