(July 22, 2011 at 1:28 pm)Judas BentHer Wrote:(July 22, 2011 at 1:08 pm)Epimethean Wrote: I blame Dante for the development of this bullshit notion. It took art-not science-to make hell into a full tilt nastiness, and that fact underscores exactly why the notion is pure rubbish. Aside from extortion and coercion, hell has zero value philosophically. It is a political expedient now.While Hell is absolute rubbish, I was always under the impression that Dante was just elaborating on what was envisioned already by the faithful, through the offices of the church.
Quote:BTW, Judas, sadism is not always a bad thing, if you can find a cute masochist.Everyone needs a hobby.
Dante utterly enhanced and developed things which had never before been so fully laid out, made it completely political, and ushered hell into full view as Italian emerged from Latin. The art is beautiful, but ever since, the psychos who believe in heaven and hell have had a visitor's guidebook to hand out to those for whom the basic level of idiocy won't suffice by means of conversion.
More a passion than a hobby ...
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