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    It is not the case that Such a robbery hurts God infinitely

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Harm requires the capacity to suffer loss; an omniscient, immutable God cannot lose anything or experience diminishment from human actions.
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    • 2.Moral injury scales with actual consequences (victim's suffering, social damage); robbery's harm is finite regardless of God's metaphysical status.
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    • 3.If all sins hurt God infinitely equally, the concept becomes meaningless—distinctions between theft and murder collapse morally.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God possesses infinite value, so any violation of divine will causes infinite moral harm regardless of finite earthly consequences.
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    • 2.Robbery violates the divine command against theft, which represents rejection of God's authority and infinite wisdom.
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    • 3.An infinite being experiences offense proportional to their infinite nature; thus finite actions against them yield infinite hurt.
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