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    It is not the case that God will save everyone

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

    2 perspectives
    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Christ's atoning work is sufficient to pay for all human sins
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.If the above is true, then God can save everyone
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Christ's atoning work is sufficient to pay for all human sins
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.If the above is true, then God can save everyone
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    2 perspectives
    Reason against 1 of 2
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    • 1.God's omnibenevolence entails an unconditional will for the flourishing of every rational creature (Origen, De Principiis).
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.An omnipotent being whose essential nature is love cannot be finally defeated in its fundamental salvific purpose.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Therefore, universal reconciliation (apokatastasis) is the necessary eschatological outcome of divine love and power combined.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.Human free will, operating under finite epistemic conditions, cannot constitute an eternally binding veto over infinite divine persuasion (Marilyn McCord Adams).
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.God's post-mortem remedial action can continue until every will freely orients itself toward the Good (Gregory of Nyssa, De Anima).
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

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