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    ECT involves God continuing evil for eternity — Carmelics
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    ECT involves God continuing evil for eternity

    Against an aspect of GodEternal Conscious Torment
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    • 1.If God sustains conscious suffering eternally, God actively perpetuates evil rather than merely permitting it.
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    • 2.An omnipotent being could achieve justice through finite punishment; infinite punishment serves no rehabilitative or deterrent purpose.
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    • 3.Creating beings destined for eternal torment contradicts the claim that God is wholly good, since goodness excludes unnecessary cruelty.
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