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    It is not the case that Thomas Aquinas argues in Summa Contra Gentiles III.144 that eternal punishment is just because mortal sin constitutes an irrevocable turning from an infinite good.

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    • 1.Finite human acts cannot logically warrant infinite punishment; proportionality requires finite response to finite choice.
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    • 2.Death ends human agency; post-mortem souls cannot make new choices, so 'irrevocable turning' conflates temporal decision with eternal fact.
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    • 3.Eternal punishment seems unjust if God foreknew rejection and created the soul anyway, making damnation predetermined rather than freely chosen.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Rejecting infinite good warrants infinite consequence, since the offense's gravity matches the value of what is rejected.
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    • 2.Justice requires proportional punishment; finite temporal suffering inadequately expresses the seriousness of rejecting God.
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    • 3.If sinners eternally refuse reconciliation, eternal separation from God reflects their own irrevocable choice, not imposed cruelty.
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