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    Challenges→If people can attempt suicide in Hell, they will all successfuly commit suicide in Hell

    In traditional theological accounts (Aquinas, Dante), Hell involves the privation of good but not necessarily the presence of a mortal body susceptible to physical destruction.

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    • 1.Aquinas argues that immaterial souls can suffer spiritual deprivation without requiring physical organs, supporting privation-focused accounts.
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    • 2.If Hell's essence is separation from God, physical destruction becomes irrelevant; suffering stems from metaphysical absence, not bodily harm.
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    • 3.Dante's Inferno depicts torments affecting resurrected souls after final judgment, implying suffering can exist without physical dissolution.
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    • 1.Medieval theology itself describes Hell with concrete fires and torments, suggesting physical destruction was considered part of the punishment.
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    • 2.If souls are immaterial, the mechanism by which mere privation causes suffering remains unexplained, risking incoherence in the theological account.
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    • 3.Aquinas and Dante both describe resurrected bodies in Hell after final judgment, implying physical form does matter to their actual Hell doctrine.
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