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    It is not the case that If God does not threaten annihilation, it is not that Annihilation is the true Hell

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    • 1.Divine threats establish consequences; without God's threat of annihilation, annihilation loses its character as a divinely-imposed punishment.
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    • 2.Hell's identity depends on divine intention; if God never threatened it, annihilation would be merely natural extinction, not infernal.
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    • 3.Moral accountability requires that threats precede consequences; a punishment without prior divine warning is arbitrary, not just.
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