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It is not the case that If people all will attempt suicide in Hell, they all will successfully commit suicide in Hell
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The claim conflates 'attempting' with 'succeeding'—metaphysical or psychological inability to die could prevent success.
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Hell's design might include inescapability as essential to its function, making successful suicide logically impossible there.
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A soul cannot be annihilated if it's immortal by nature; suicide's success depends on that metaphysical premise being false.
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In Hell, physical laws are malleable by divine will, not natural constants, so death-prevention could be suspended.
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A just God would grant souls in Hell the mercy of cessation rather than force eternal existence against their will.
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If Hell's torment is truly infinite, denying suicide becomes crueler than any earthly punishment, undermining justice.
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