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    It is not the case that Annihilationism is mutually exclusive with God making the wicked immortal so they can suffer forever

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    • 1.Annihilationism holds the wicked cease to exist; eternal conscious torment requires continued existence, making them logically incompatible.
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    • 2.A morally perfect God would not create immortal beings solely to torture them, favoring annihilation as more consistent with divine justice.
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    • 3.Scripture describing divine judgment emphasizes destruction and death rather than endless conscious suffering in many key passages.
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