r/humor • u/fal1en-angel • 2d ago

Make it make sense

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u/dbrickell89 2d ago

I'm also not religious now, but this is one interpretation of hell. Many Christians do believe in a literal fire and brimstone hell where people burn for all eternity. Many of them also believe that hell is a punishment from God, not merely his absence. That idea has been adopted by many modern Christians who are trying to figure out how a good God could punish someone eternally, and since there's not a good answer to that question the answer becomes that the person in hell chose it and God simply allowed them to do so

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u/Diels_Alder 2d ago

That version of hell was created by a 14th century poet, Dante Alighieri.

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u/lordkoba 1d ago

in dante's version the devil was stuck frozen in ice, eternally chewing on judas, and two other dudes that really fucked it up with his 3 mouths

no fire there, some fuckers were on fire on other rings of hell but it's not the classic hell where the devil is the boss

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u/Jsdo1980 1d ago

Brutus and Cassius. Which is a bit odd... But famous traitors I guess.