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    According to Lex Talionis, such a punishment for this hurt must be infinite

    Eternal Conscious Torment
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    • 1.Lex Talionis requires proportionality not just in duration but in the infinite gravity of the offense against an infinitely worthy being.
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    • 2.Anselm's satisfaction theory establishes that offenses against an infinite God carry infinite moral weight, regardless of finite duration of the act.
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    • 3.Therefore, the retributive measure must be infinite in degree, making duration of human harm to others categorically irrelevant to the calculus.
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    • 1.Jonathan Edwards argues that the heinousness of sin scales with the dignity of the one sinned against, not merely the temporal length of the harmful act.
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    • 2.Rejecting God as the supreme good constitutes a harm of infinite qualitative magnitude, not merely quantitative duration.
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    • 1.Humans make other people unhappy for long periods of time
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    • 2.If the above is true, then it is not that, according ot Lex Talionis, such a punishment for this hurt must be infinite
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