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    It is not the case that If it is not that some will sin forever, it is not that the damned will sin continually

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    • 1.Eternal damnation requires continuous moral agency; beings unable to sin forever lose the capacity that defines damned existence.
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    • 2.If damnation is proportional punishment, cessation of sin would require cessation of damnation, making perpetual punishment logically impossible.
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    • 3.The damned retain free will; without ongoing sin, their punishment becomes mere suffering unconnected to moral culpability.
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