infinite mercy is incompatible with perfect justice.

it is my contention that absolute mercy is incompatible with any justice and absolute justice is incompatible with any mercy. similarly, even if they are, I still contend that absolute justice and absolute mercy could not coexist. definitions:justice: equal, impartial and fair treatment of those who done wrongmercy: kind/forgiving treatment of those who have done wrongperfect justice: knowing what the most fair retribution of a wrong, having the power to enact that retribution on the wrongdoer, and doing so.perfect mercy: knowing the most fair retribution of a wrong, having the power to enact that retribution on the wrongdoer, and either not doing so, or carrying out a lesser punishment.(note: that as far as I'm concerned, perfect mercy and justice do not require omnipotence nor omniscience, but they do require all knowledge pertaining to their subject matters (the judgement of people), and the power to enact decisions related to their judgementsalso, retribution is used in the sense of giving back what was stolen, not in the eye for an eye sense. (a subtle but important difference))the burden of proof is mine in this debate. my opponents job will be to analyze my arguments and explain why they perceive it as wrong. Rules: -if my opponent does not believe my definitions accurately reflect the concepts being addressed, then they may present alternative definitions, but they must explain why their definitions are superior to my own. -if my opponent provides alternative definitions, he/she must number them, (Def1,Def2 etc) otherwise we will assume we are using my definitions. -first round is for my starting argument and my opponent's counter. from then on we shall debate back and forth until we run out of rounds. the winner will be the one who was most persuasive. -the winner will be the one who is most persuasive. -sources will not be counted for this debate. begin:(note: assume I am using judge outside the legal sense unless otherwise specified)mercy and justice are very similar. they are both related to judging a persons actions as wrong, and determining what punishment is most appropriate. in the case of justice, someone tries to the best of their abilities to punish someone in the most fair way given their crime.for example, if someone stole some amount of money,one may judge that that person must either financially reimburse the victim for money and time lost or be detained for an amount of time that is considered proportionate to the duress caused. given that judgement, a just person would follow through with it. a merciful judge would instead reduce the penalty in some way or give the wrongdoer a sufficiently longer amount of time to reimburse the victim than the more strict judge would. such a judgement cannot be considered whole just, in a sense, it is antithetical to the more just action.expanding this to the highest cases, their can be no room left for mistake. both the perfectly merciful entity and the perfectly just entity know what the most just action is to take and have the power to take that action, but one chooses to perform that action (the just) and the other chooses to go a softer or kinder route (the merciful). as one cannot perform a perfectly just action and simultaneously perform a perfectly merciful action, it is impossible to simultaneously be perfectly merciful and perfectly just.put in a slightly more formal form: 1)perfectly just implies perfectly reprimanding wrongdoers (def. of perfect justice) 2)perfectly merciful implies not perfectly reprimanding wrongdoers (def. of perfect mercy) 3)x can be both perfectly merciful and perfectly just (assumed indirect proof) 4)x both does and does not perfectly reprimand wrong doers (1,2,3,contradiction) conclusion) x cannot be both perfectly merciful and perfectly just or for the normal case 1)justice implies a full attempt to reprimand a wrong doer fairly and and impartially (def. of justice) 2)mercy does not imply a full attempt to reprimand a wrong doer fairly and impartially (def. of mercy) 3)in a given situation x is both merciful and just (assumed indirect proof) 4)in a given situation x both does and does not fully attempt to reprimand a wrong doer (1,2,3,contradiction) conclusion) x cannot both be merciful and just in the same situation.