The problem with the idea that eternal conscious torment does not benefit God or the one that God punishes is that it mistakenly assumes there must be a benefit to God and to those punished. Furthermore, I have not yet heard what the conditionalist means by benefit. Without a definition, how can we address the issue? Nevertheless, I’ve only heard this objection raised once, if I remember correctly, on a social media website. Other conditionalists present did not address the issue. They let it ride.
Nevertheless, though I think knowledgeable conditionalists would not use this argument, for those who do, it is a weak position to hold since what is meant by benefit is not defined, and it falsely assumes, without biblical proof, that there must be a benefit to both parties.
So, this is another objection raised by some conditionalists that has no merit.
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