Presupposing Islam is true, an eternal hell is justified.

C1: Status and MoralityI. I would first like to admit that I made a mistake in the first contention of my opening statement. I agree with Con's moral principle that every person has equal moral worth. My premise is that the severity of a sin is based on the status of the being it is being directed towards. I gave a poor example to illustrate this which was:>> “It would be considered much more immoral to harm or kill a highly respected member of society rather than the common man”I would like both Con and the audience to dismiss that example and accept the other one in which I said:>> “Surely, the immorality felt by killing an ant or a fly is much different than that of another human since the status of the human is higher than that of the ant or fly.”Note that Con didn't address this example at all but focused on the other one. The source by which my whole argument is based on pointed out that since human beings despite having different social statuses would have the same intrinsic moral status because they are of the same natural kind. It states:"Other things being equal, killing a saint’s best friend seems no worse than killing a criminal’s, even though the saint would arguably enjoy a higher social status. On the other hand, this may not be a genuine counterexample to the first premise, because saints and criminals are both of the same natural kind (humanity);” [1]II. Con says that my contention is in part based on social status which has already been addressed above. I agree that the seriousness of the punishment is also based upon the seriousness of the sin, this isn't very controversial. Con gives an example of stealing a candy and a nephew and doesn't elucidate on what he is trying to illustrate or show. Con then says that stealing a candy and murdering 26 people would both merit an infinite punishment since it is against Allah. He thinks that this is a refutation but isn't, this is what my argument proves. I would like to formalize it in a syllogism to be more clearer.“(4) Other things being equal, the seriousness of a crime increases as the status (the degree of importance or value) of its victim increases. (5) God has an infinitely high status. (6) Therefore, crimes against God are infinitely serious (from (4) and (5)). (7) All sin is a crime against God. (8) Therefore, all sin is infinitely serious (from (6) and (7)). (9) The more serious a crime is, the more serious its punishment should be. (10) Therefore, all sin should receive an infinitely serious punishment (from (8) and (9))” [1]Any sin against Allah merits an infinite punishment since Allah has an infinitely high status. Con didn't refute the argument, he just listed what the argument proves.III. Con gives an example of two varying degrees of wrongs done and says that my argument would say that each is the same. This is false, my argument brings into account the seriousness of the crime and the status of the individual. These are two factors not only one. In Con's example, both are people meaning they have the same moral status. The punch in the face would indeed be more immoral than the hard shrug against both people. (However, taking in to account that it is indirectly sin against Allah they would both would be infinitely immoral against Allah)C2: Consequences of SinI. Con's response to my second contention is severely lacking and doesn't really address my contention. It mostly focuses on my third contention. If we apply Con's response to my second contention, Con claims that we are so psychologically limited and ignorant that it isn't our fault if we commit major sins such as rape or murder. While I do believe that we are limited and ignorant, I don't think we are so limited that we cannot avoid these major crimes that impact souls eternally. Con is underestimating human beings too much.C3: Free WillI. Con claims that we don't have sufficient cognitive faculties to be able to know how truly horrifying the punishment of hell fire is and tries to illustrate this using an irrelevant example. For one, I do think we can have sufficient knowledge of how truly horrifying the nature of hell is. Here is an example which outlines the duration of hell fire, I would like the audience as well as Con to put this into perspective:“(They will abide therein for ages) they will abide in the Fire for ages and ages, each age consisting of 80 years, each year being 360 days and each day is the equivalent of 1,000 years of the years of the life of the world; it is also said that none knows the exact duration of these ages save Allah, and therefore these ages are never interrupted.” [2]This example only illustrates the length of hell fire, imagine if one were to give descriptions of the actual torment. What I think Con is trying to subtly imply is that since we haven't experienced hell fire, we cannot know how truly terrible it is which is false. Simply because one hasn't experienced a certain thing doesn't mean he cannot know that it is bad. No one will say that suicide isn't immoral because we haven't experienced it.II. Con gives an example of a direct choice of going to hell fire. Con talks about a young boy who purposely puts his hand into a fire, but as I explained in my opening statement I said that freely choosing to go to hell is an indirect choice not a direct one. It is a consequence of freely rejecting the teachings of Islam.III. Con says that why couldn't Allah be more merciful and overwrite some of our choices. The fact is that Allah wants true and sincere followers of his to enter paradise. In order for this to be the case, he must test them. Even though all Muslims enter paradise by the mercy of Allah and not on their own accord, what brings forth this mercy? It is wilful obedience to Allah and genuine sincerity and constant repentance that will foster Allah's mercy. How can you receive mercy if you do not ask for it?- - - - Con's objections were answered. He has hardly touched my second contention which is essentially extended. The resolution is affirmed. - - - -Sources http://www.iep.utm.edu...;[1] http://www.altafsir.com... [2]