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    It is not the case that If a metaphor is consistently used across prophetic and dominical speech to depict irreversible post-mortem judgment, its non-literal form does not negate its eternal referent.

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    • 1.Metaphorical consistency may reflect cultural/linguistic convention rather than ontological commitment to the underlying referent's reality.
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    • 2.Repeated metaphor use across sources can entrench figurative meaning without establishing what the metaphor actually denotes or if it denotes anything.
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    • 3.The claim conflates semantic consistency (same metaphor used repeatedly) with metaphysical truth (the thing described eternally exists).
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    • 1.Consistent metaphorical usage across authoritative sources suggests intentional communication of a reality, not mere poetic variation.
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    • 2.Non-literal language can reliably denote literal referents; e.g., 'death' as sleep metaphor still refers to actual cessation of life.
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    • 3.If the referent (eternal judgment) were not real, the metaphor's consistency would lack explanatory purpose across diverse contexts.
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