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    C.S. Lewis argued in 'The Great Divorce' that the damned ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Hell is eternal alienation from God

    C.S. Lewis argued in 'The Great Divorce' that the damned are not externally cut off by God but self-seal their rejection of communion through the permanent fixation of their will.

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    • 1.Human free will requires genuine power to refuse God; coerced salvation negates moral agency and authentic love.
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    • 2.Eternal punishment imposed externally by God would be unjust; self-chosen separation preserves divine justice.
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    • 3.The damned's continued resistance in Lewis's narrative shows their will remains fixed against grace, not God's withdrawal.
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    • 1.If God creates beings knowing they'll damn themselves, God bears causal responsibility regardless of their willing participation.
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    • 2.A permanently hardened will may result from divine non-intervention or prior deprivation, not purely autonomous choice.
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    • 3.The claim that damnation is self-imposed requires metaphysical proof that final will-fixation occurs outside God's sustaining power.
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