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    Supports→If all crimes are equally infinite, then according to this argument, those offenses will not receive more punishment than others

    If the ground of punishment's magnitude is identical across all offenses (divine infinite dignity), then no offense generates more punitive claim than another.

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    • 1.Divine dignity is infinite and immutable; no finite action can diminish or increase it relative to another action.
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    • 2.If punishment's measure depends on harm to an infinite being, all finite harms are equally negligible proportionally.
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    • 3.Differentiated punishment requires a graduated ground; but an infinite ground admits no graduation without contradiction.
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    • 1.Punishment's magnitude might ground in offense *quality* (defiance, intent, violation of specific commands), not dignity alone.
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    • 2.An infinite ground could permit structured gradation if offenses vary in their *particularity* or *degree of violation*.
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    • 3.Treating all sins equally contradicts scriptural and theological traditions affirming degrees of culpability and consequence.
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