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    It is not the case that those who eventually accept God will never reject Him again

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Historical and contemporary evidence shows many believers genuinely lose faith despite sincere prior conviction and practice.
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    • 2.Psychological capacity for belief-revision is intrinsic to human cognition regardless of religious conviction's initial strength.
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    • 3.The claim requires defining 'true acceptance'—but this unfalsifiably excludes all counterexamples, making it logically immune to evidence.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Genuine acceptance of God involves transformative knowledge that rationally precludes reversal, like knowing a mathematical truth.
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    • 2.Direct experience of God's presence creates irreversible conviction stronger than mere belief based on argumentation.
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    • 3.God's grace, once truly received, fundamentally alters human will toward persistent acceptance rather than rejection.
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