On Hell and Forgiveness

[polymath257]

OK, let's have some fun.

Which is greater? 1 or 100? Does that mean that God cannot be one?

Which is greater? Working alone or working as a team? Does that mean that God cannot work alone?

Which is greater? humility or egotism? Does that mean God must be humble?

I'm sure there are many others.....

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Yes, it is very much necessary *for there to be a concept*. You avoid the central issue: why do you think there is a single concept that encompasses all the others? All you have given is vague claims about certain properties being greater than others. But that isn't enough to establish your conclusion.

The ontology is that there are partial orders without greatest elements.

The ontology is that there is no single way to merge partial orders in a consistent way.

The ontology is that you don't have a concept from which to work.

The epistemology is that you cannot know any of your claims are true.

If you are saying that some quality cannot be assessed in a way of greater and lesser than, then that would simply not apply to the argument; would it not It also seems that you are equivocating in your use of greater than, trying to apply it at one point from a standpoint of math, and then in another as a matter of virtue.

Well, that is part of the point. There isn't a single concept of 'greater' that can be universally applied. There are several different concepts, but none that encompasses all of them.

Even in the matter of virtue, there are many different notions of 'greater than' that can conflict with each other.