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    It is not the case that finite beings are incapable of doing anything deserving punishment infinite in duration

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    • 1.Punishment's justification requires proportionality between wrongdoing and penalty; infinite punishment vastly exceeds any finite harm caused.
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    • 2.Finite beings have limited capacity for moral understanding and control; culpability cannot exceed these cognitive and volitional limits.
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    • 3.Infinite punishment serves no rehabilitative purpose and cannot deter a being already suffering eternally, making it merely retributive vengeance.
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