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    It is not the case that 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.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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    • 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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