Thursday, October 21, 2010

So, I just finished reading Dante's Inferno the other day, and I must say, that man was creative with his punishments. Every single layer of hell had different punishments, some with 10 different sublevels. Each sin was addressed with a representative punishment. As well, Dante accounted for the "virtuous heathen", those who did not believe in God but lived good lives, and the unbaptized babies by placing them in a suffer-free but somber lever known as Limbo. He was basically pervieved as a heretic of his time, as he placed numerous Popes in his own personal Hell. Now, you've gotta give the guy props on that one, he has some major guts. Nobody during the 1300's just goes and puts like 6 popes in Hell. It was like he was asking to get exiled! Well, he kinda did, but still, the man was pretty gutsy. Anyways, his whole interpretation of Hell is really interesting. Plus, in the next part of The Divine Comedy, he introduces The Purgatory, where sinners can repent to earn redemption to gain entrance to Heaven. I like this religious stuff.

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