Sparagmos
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If I only lived 85 years, why would a just punishment be a bazillion times longer?Imagine a brutal dictator. He rules for decades without remorse. He dies peacefully in his palace, surrounded by his family and loyal henchmen, having never paid for his crimes. If he simply no longer exists, where's the justice in that? I suppose one might think it would be better if he suffered in hell long enough to pay for his transgressions, then was "deleted" by God, but that would suggest that humans are wiser than God.
Another angle: Why should there be eternal joy in heaven for temporal goodness on earth, but not eternal damnation in hell for temporal evil in earth? No one seems to have a problem with being saved by grace (because we are not saved by works), but many people have a problem with being condemned for willful, unremorseful sin and rejection of God.
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