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Originally Posted by sharp1183
Nah, the Divine Comedy is probably the greatest theological poem ever written...I wouldn't call it garbage 
Most scholars agree that if there is a hell, Dante's Inferno is the closest we'll ever understand it to be. It's funny because Paradiso and Purgitorio are often dismissed. But the Inferno always grabs people's attention.
I think my favorite part (or at least the part I can remember the best) is how all the fortune tellers end up in hell with their heads torn off and sewn on backwards. That's what they get for trying to see what only God can see.
I also like how Dante incorporated many of the ancient mythical greek and roman creatures into parts of the medieval christian underworld.
Like I said, great stuff!  |
I get confused about this....biblically, don't people get judged on Judgement Day? So they wouldn't already be in Hell yet, would they?
Well, if this isn't, I guess Charon's rowing Milosevic down the River Styx right now. Given Shim's quotation [nice of him to think of the visually impaired] Ol' Slobodan's ticket has got to be marked with a big "VII".
