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    If it is not that anyone should be held reponsible agains... — Carmelics
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    If it is not that anyone should be held reponsible against rejecting God, then it is against the justice of God to condemn anyone to Hell

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    • 1.Justice requires that punishment be proportional to culpability, which requires the ability to do otherwise.
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    • 2.If God creates persons unable to accept Him, condemning them lacks the moral justification punishment requires.
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    • 3.A perfectly just being cannot punish someone for an outcome they were determined unable to prevent.
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    • 1.Rejecting God may be culpable even without alternative possibilities if it reflects one's actual will and values.
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    • 2.Hell might be understood as natural consequence of rejecting God's presence, not punishment requiring alternative possibilities.
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    • 3.Justice and divine authority may operate under different standards; God's condemnation need not follow human justice logic.
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