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    It is not the case that This argument implies that all are punished equally

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    • This is illogical
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    • If the above is true, then it is not that this argument implies that all are punished equally
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    • 1.Eternal conscious torment, by definition, posits an infinite duration of suffering that renders finite differences in degree ultimately equivalent.
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    • 2.Cantor's transfinite mathematics demonstrates that infinite quantities absorb finite scalar differences, making all infinite punishments cardinally identical.
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    • 3.If punishment magnitude = intensity × duration, and duration is infinite for all condemned, then all punishment values converge to the same transfinite quantity.
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    • 1.Aristotle's formal equality principle holds that relevantly similar treatment of cases constitutes equal treatment, regardless of surface-level variation.
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    • 2.ECT arguments grounding punishment in the infinite offense against an infinite God assign identical guilt-magnitude to all condemned, entailing identical desert.
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    • 3.Jonathan Edwards' 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' theology implies the offense, not the sinner's particular acts, determines punishment, collapsing individual differentiation.
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