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    It is not the case that The more one sins, the more their volitional capacities are lost

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    • 1.People often exhibit greater volitional resolve *after* moral failure than before, suggesting sin can trigger self-correction rather than diminish capacity.
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    • 2.The claim confuses habituation with loss of capacity; one retains the ability to choose otherwise even if past choices make it psychologically harder.
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    • 3.Many individuals with extensive moral failings demonstrate remarkable volitional reformation, contradicting a deterministic link between sin and lost agency.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Repeated sinful choices create neural pathways and habits that narrow deliberative options and diminish reflective capacity over time.
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    • 2.Sin involves willing against one's rational understanding of the good, and habitual such willing erodes the integrated self-governance needed for free choice.
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    • 3.Addiction and compulsive behavior—natural consequences of repeated transgression—demonstrably constrain volitional control and authentic agency.
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