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    Choosing Hell would cause irreparable harm to the individual — Carmelics
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    Choosing Hell would cause irreparable harm to the individual

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    • 1.Hell involves eternal separation from God, the source of all goodness, meaning, and flourishing according to Christian theology.
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    • 2.Irreparable harm means damage that cannot be undone; eternal punishment by definition cannot be reversed or remedied.
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    • 3.A rational agent choosing permanent self-destruction demonstrates the choice itself causes psychological/spiritual damage before arrival.
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    • 1.If Hell is a chosen state by the individual's own will, harm requires the choice to be against their actual preferences, not their ultimate good.
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    • 2.Some theological traditions hold souls in Hell retain agency and possibility of transformation, making harm potentially reparable.
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    • 3.Characterizing a freely-chosen outcome as 'harm' may conflate objective metaphysical consequences with subjective damage to autonomous choice.
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