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    (If Universalism2 is true) There may be different "statio... — Carmelics
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    (If Universalism2 is true) There may be different "stations," degrees of blessedness, in Heaven

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    • 1.Scripture contains metaphors of crowns, rewards, and 'well done good and faithful servant' suggesting differentiated outcomes.
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    • 2.A hierarchy of blessedness preserves meaningful moral distinction between lives of vastly different virtue and service.
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    • 3.Infinite equality might render earthly choices morally inconsequential, whereas graduated bliss maintains ethical accountability.
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    • 1.Perfect beings cannot experience comparative deprivation; if you lack nothing you desire, station distinctions become psychologically meaningless.
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    • 2.Universalism's core claim—all eventually reconciled to God—implies transformed souls incapable of experiencing hierarchical resentment or lack.
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    • 3.Biblical reward language functions metaphorically to motivate virtue on Earth, not necessarily describing literal heavenly differentiation.
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