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    Supports→Salvation is not possible only because of conditions or events described in any single true religion

    Restricting salvation to one tradition's conditions entails that billions born outside it are damned through no fault of their own, violating the premise of a perfectly just and loving ultimate reality.

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    • 1.A just being cannot hold beings culpable for circumstances entirely beyond their control, like birthplace or family of origin.
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    • 2.If salvation requires specific knowledge only accessible to some populations, an omnipotent creator could have distributed that knowledge universally.
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    • 3.Moral perfection entails that outcomes don't depend on morally arbitrary factors like geographic accident of birth.
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    • 1.Justice and love don't require identical treatment; a parent justly sets different expectations for children of different ages.
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    • 2.Multiple traditions could offer salvific paths (exclusivism is not inherent to restrictive salvation claims).
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    • 3.Cosmic fairness by human standards is not necessarily binding; an ultimate reality might operate by different moral logic.
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    Key Terms

    Damned(as used in theology)
    Condemned to punishment or suffering, especially eternal punishment in the afterlife according to religious belief.
    Perfectly just(as used in discussions of divine attributes)
    Completely fair and impartial, treating everyone according to what they deserve based on their actions and choices.
    Premise
    A premise is a statement or fact that you assume to be true as a starting point for reasoning or making an argument. Think of it as the foundation or building block you use to reach a conclusion—for example, "All dogs are animals" and "My pet is a dog" are premises that lead to the conclusion "My pet is an animal." Premises are essentially the evidence or claims you offer before drawing a final conclusion.
    Tradition (religious)(as used in comparative religion and theology)
    A particular religion or belief system passed down through communities, with its own specific teachings, practices, and conditions for salvation.
    entails(describes a logical relationship between statements)
    Logically forces or guarantees; if A entails B, then whenever A is true, B must also be true.
    salvation(Theological and philosophical discourse on religious diversity)
    The state of spending eternity in God's presence; the eternal destiny of humankind
    ultimate reality(Bradley 1893: 136 [1897: 120])
    That which does not contradict itself; the standard of non-contradiction serves as an absolute criterion for what qualifies as ultimately real.

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