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    It is not the case that Persistent sinning without end would never result in anything like the traditional hell (whether understood as a lake of fire, the outer darkness, or any other condition revealing the full horror of separation from God).

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    • 1.VanArragon defines 'rejecting God' so broadly that any sin for which one is morally responsible counts as rejecting God.
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    • 2.Rejecting God in VanArragon's broad sense requires neither an awareness of God nor a conscious decision to embrace a life apart from God.
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    • 3.Given VanArragon's understanding of libertarian freedom, continuing to sin forever would require a perpetual context of ambiguity, ignorance, and misperception.
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