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    It is not the case that Eventually, everyone will accept God

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for
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    • 1.those who reject God can always change their minds
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    • 2.There is always a circumstance in which they can be convinced to change their minds
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    • 3.If the above is true, there is always a chance that those who reject God will change their minds
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    Reasons Against

    2 perspectives
    Reason against 1 of 2
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    • 1.Origen's doctrine of apokatastasis holds that divine love is an irresistible rational force that, given infinite time, dissolves all resistance.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.An omnipotent God possesses perfect knowledge of each soul's unique conditions for consent, making eventual persuasion logically guaranteed.
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    • 3.Infinite temporal opportunity combined with perfect divine pedagogy entails that no finite resistance can remain permanently unconquered.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.John Hick's Irenaean theodicy posits that all souls are oriented teleologically toward epistemic and moral maturity in God.
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    • 2.A soul's capacity for genuine rejection is itself a finite condition that, per Hick, is overcome through eschatological soul-making across multiple lives or stages.
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