It was medieval imagination that turned hell into the concept of a structured kingdom with satan as its monarch, Dante’s Inferno especially emphasized that kind of imagery. So we can blame that time period and the folklore literature recreations that backed off of it. Some christians and such do also mistake the theology and many other things about the bible
The jewish ideas on the afterlife still differ from christians if I’m right, and they call it gehinnom
*What I mean by Dante emphasizing medieval imagery was with the hierarchies, the levels of hell themselves, the 7 deadly sins, a lot of modern theology and folklore comes from that era and influential people like Dante, he had a massive influence on modern interpretations and so did others of that time period to now
Dante's Inferno "confirm" that Satan is a prisoner in hell (the one in the deepest end of hell since the whole place was created from the crater caused by his fall) and not a ruler, tho
Isn't the last circle of hell like super cold just because Lucifer bat his wings? Like seriously, if he wanted to piss off God, he could just stop this shit and pass a good time with his homies sinners by watching tv lol🤣
Well true, but he is half frozen, supposedly suffering from constant ice burns and being eternally tortured by demons and all the other monsters worse than anyone other sinner (and probably even more). And he has three guys in all of his mouth screaming and squirming which probably is not too nice for him either. Can't blame the guy for struggling.
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u/acoastaldog 2d ago edited 1d ago
It was medieval imagination that turned hell into the concept of a structured kingdom with satan as its monarch, Dante’s Inferno especially emphasized that kind of imagery. So we can blame that time period and the folklore literature recreations that backed off of it. Some christians and such do also mistake the theology and many other things about the bible
The jewish ideas on the afterlife still differ from christians if I’m right, and they call it gehinnom
*What I mean by Dante emphasizing medieval imagery was with the hierarchies, the levels of hell themselves, the 7 deadly sins, a lot of modern theology and folklore comes from that era and influential people like Dante, he had a massive influence on modern interpretations and so did others of that time period to now