I always thought it was really swell of God to set aside a special place in hell for people that were born to early. Such a thoughtful, and loving guy.
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Back in the good old days of Christianity where usurers (people who lend money for interest ie proto-capitalists) we're on the same level as warmongers and psychopaths in the lowest rungs of hell instead of exalted as captains of industry on the same level as the warmongers and psychopaths who run this country.
Cursed flatterers! You deserve more punishment than serious criminals.
The idea was that the heart of Hell was cold because it was the furthest from Gods love.
If you want a religion that follows conventional laws of thermodynamics, Christianity is not for you.
Scientology of course!
Scientologists don't actually follow science in any meaningful way. Their way of thinking is to follow the leader and ask no questions.
If you really wanted to talk about thermodynamics in religion, I'm sure there's some nerdy pastor out there who can relate creation to entropy.
While we understand today that the further down into earth you dig the hotter it gets, in the middle ages people would dig root cellars to keep things cold so perhaps they understood the easily accessible parts of the depths as colder than the surface.
For sure. Gotta make sure people don’t immigrate from the other circles.
I often see references to this in modern movies and television. Makes me wonder what kind of stories written today will be used in future generations.
Misers and spendthrifts both being in hell really does leave a very specific window for how much money you're allowed to spend in life.
The traitors were stationed underneath Satan. So they could catch his leavings.
Needs a drawing of a pretty lady in a halo of radiant light, with the label “Beatrice”
Dante seems kind of like I interpret Tokien being. Another guy with just way too much time on his hands.
This shit is so stupid. It’s genuinely tragic that grown adults believe these things still.
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