An Infernal Predicament
Many people are intimidated by hell, yet Dante uncovers the after life, as he perceives it to be. Dante’s Inferno is an interpretation in guiding one through the importance of fulfilling a morally virtuous, Christian-belief enduring lifespan. Circle I, Limbo, is a valley filled with souls who allegedly never did anything morally wrong, but were not baptized and therefore not allowed into heaven. Dante’s beliefs in Inferno upon salvation, the afterlife and sinful nature contradict the Biblical perspective, while agreeing with the Bible on contrapasso and just judgment. First, it is critical to be aware of what the Bible adheres about mankind. The Bible delineates, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of …show more content…
The Old Testament concept of earthly contrapasso, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” correlates with Dante’s perspective of consequences (ESV, Exodus 21:4). Contrapasso is the principle of reckoning for sins both on earth and in the afterlife. Even though Dante’s punishments view on condemnation and afterlife differ drastically, scripture shows that God evaluates some sins as inferior and pass as a greater guilt than others, as does Dante. In Social Construction of Crime, Chevigny asserts “Blameworthiness, in turn, depends in part on the harm done or attempted by the actor, but more significantly on his or her state of mind- whether the crime “intentional” or something else (795.)” Some sins are more harmful than others. To a perfect and holy God, all sins are great. However, the consequence of each violation varies on multiple elements for example: if the sin was purposeful, if the person knew better, and whom the person offended meanwhile committed the sin. In the Bible, people that realize what God’s will is and nevertheless practice evil doings are said to “deserve to die,” (ESV, Romans 1:32) exhibiting how a sin is greater because of the intention and knowledge of the person. Matthew asserts that a person who instigates a young one to sin will have a greater punishment than the person that stumbled (ESV, 18:6.) This shows us that God believes sin is justified by whom the sin hurts and which person committed it. Likewise, Chevigny stresses how the law has changed over time so to be able to regulate the possibilities of crimes such as homicide. He elucidates how the law now regulates crimes as less severe when a persons are “in states of mind that are less than intentional, as in reckless manslaughter and negligent homicide,” even if evidence is needed to prove the “state of mind” of the assassin to view the meaning of the
Many people are intimidated by hell, yet Dante uncovers the after life, as he perceives it to be. Dante’s Inferno is an interpretation in guiding one through the importance of fulfilling a morally virtuous, Christian-belief enduring lifespan. Circle I, Limbo, is a valley filled with souls who allegedly never did anything morally wrong, but were not baptized and therefore not allowed into heaven. Dante’s beliefs in Inferno upon salvation, the afterlife and sinful nature contradict the Biblical perspective, while agreeing with the Bible on contrapasso and just judgment. First, it is critical to be aware of what the Bible adheres about mankind. The Bible delineates, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of …show more content…
The Old Testament concept of earthly contrapasso, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” correlates with Dante’s perspective of consequences (ESV, Exodus 21:4). Contrapasso is the principle of reckoning for sins both on earth and in the afterlife. Even though Dante’s punishments view on condemnation and afterlife differ drastically, scripture shows that God evaluates some sins as inferior and pass as a greater guilt than others, as does Dante. In Social Construction of Crime, Chevigny asserts “Blameworthiness, in turn, depends in part on the harm done or attempted by the actor, but more significantly on his or her state of mind- whether the crime “intentional” or something else (795.)” Some sins are more harmful than others. To a perfect and holy God, all sins are great. However, the consequence of each violation varies on multiple elements for example: if the sin was purposeful, if the person knew better, and whom the person offended meanwhile committed the sin. In the Bible, people that realize what God’s will is and nevertheless practice evil doings are said to “deserve to die,” (ESV, Romans 1:32) exhibiting how a sin is greater because of the intention and knowledge of the person. Matthew asserts that a person who instigates a young one to sin will have a greater punishment than the person that stumbled (ESV, 18:6.) This shows us that God believes sin is justified by whom the sin hurts and which person committed it. Likewise, Chevigny stresses how the law has changed over time so to be able to regulate the possibilities of crimes such as homicide. He elucidates how the law now regulates crimes as less severe when a persons are “in states of mind that are less than intentional, as in reckless manslaughter and negligent homicide,” even if evidence is needed to prove the “state of mind” of the assassin to view the meaning of the