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    It is not the case that a person in Hell becomes wholly sinful

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

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    Reason for
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    • 1.Sinfulness is an action or choice, not an essence; a person could refuse to act sinfully even in Hell's conditions.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Complete sinfulness would require active malice in every moment, but despair, numbness, or resignation are psychologically distinct from active sin.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.If humans retain free will in Hell (required for just punishment), they retain capacity to resist sin, preventing total corruption.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

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    Reason against
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    • 1.Separation from God's grace removes the only source of moral restraint and redemptive transformation in human nature.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Eternal punishment without possibility of repentance logically produces total alignment of will with sin over infinite time.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.A person's character becomes fully expressed and fixed after death, and rejection of God represents their fundamental choice.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

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