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    Everything intrinsic to Annihilationsim has to have a pur... — Carmelics
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    Everything intrinsic to Annihilationsim has to have a purpose

    Against an attribute of GodAnnihilation
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    • 1.Annihilationism's core function is resolving the problem of eternal suffering, making purposefulness essential to its coherence.
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    • 2.Theological doctrines should exhibit internal teleology; purposeless elements undermine rational justification of the system.
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    • 3.If God designs annihilation as the final state, that design presupposes purposeful intention rather than arbitrary mechanism.
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    • 1.Many features of reality serve no purpose yet remain intrinsic to it; purpose requirement may be unfounded metaphysical assumption.
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    • 2.Components can be intrinsic to a doctrine without serving its primary purpose—they may be logically necessary but non-purposeful.
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    • 3.Requiring purpose for all intrinsic elements creates regress: what makes the purpose itself purposeful? The criterion becomes circular.
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