Hell

MS13 or in this instance the Hells Angels. The first chapter of the Hells Angels is believed to have been started dating back as far as 1948 in Fontana/San Bernardino California. Although there were several other motorcycle groups banding together across the state of California at this time, there was no documented connection with the Hells Angels. During the fifties,…

Heaven and Hell in Christian Thought by Thomas Talbott is a text that carefully examines how are understanding of the Divine is reflected in our beliefs surrounding death. I would also argue that ultimately how we believe others will be treated in death reflects not only our view of the divine but how we will relate to others in life. The entry strives to simplify the complex theological history and inconsistent teachings on the issues of heaven and hell. It logically presents three…

What is hell? The question has haunted humanity for ages, as our eternal future remains a mystery. Many sources have risen up to answer this question, from religious sources promoting a fiery place of torment, to philosophical sources that believe in nothingness. Many traditional sources are Christian concepts of a place for people who have done wrong to be tortured. These ideas have become ingrained in our society and belief systems, and that shows through heavily in Sartre’s work, No Exit,…

Dante Alighieri’s Inferno has a hell and a God that are in many ways difficult to process. Dante’s God can be seen as either a cruel God that encourages torture or a God with divine justice. He proposes a lot of possibilities that do not necessarily sit well with people. One major argument against his reasoning is that he submits people straight to hell just for not believing God. However, he places them in Circle one where their punishment is to have a near wonderful afterlife with the…

existence of hell. Ultimately, the idea that hell does not exist in the presence of Christianity seems absurd, since Christians deem the origin of evil behavior to be stored there. In another literary work "the philosophy of pitchforks," it also reassesses the image of hell. Pastor Paul did have a good point when he stated that the Bible "does not say hell" (Hnath 37). The poem also correlates with the mystery behind the truth about hell. Owens opens the poem by stating, "in a dark pit of…

goes on a journey through hell with a poet named Virgil. Together, they descend through the nine circles of hell and learn about the sins of the souls that reside there. Dante begins his journey through hell as a naïve, sympathetic, man, but as the story progresses we see a dramatic change in the way that Dante views things. It seems unusual, in a place such as Hell, that Dante would sympathize with any of the sinners in the poem. Although Dante understands that Hell is a place for sinners, he…

been lost to the dark evil abyss called hell. In the story of Dante's "The Inferno" suggest that there is a great amount of severity of violence in the levels of hell. It is well known in the circles of hell that there is violence in the form of mentality, physically and sometimes both due to the sins one committed. However, we can compare and contrast as the levels of hell increase that the violence does also. As Dante journeys through the pits of hell with his guide Virgil we see many…

and mythologies and uses it as the setting for almost all of the scenes. One of the biggest realms that are used in the story is Hell. Hell, which is part of the Christian belief, is not only a setting for the story, but it is also a key subject in the storyline. When lucifer decides to leave his domain he frees everyone and everything from Hell and gives the key to Hell, to Dream of The Endless. This key becomes an object that is desired by figures from more than just and creatures from other…

Within the pages of the Inferno, Dante Alighieri makes countless references to the Classical world. He appropriates everything from lauded ancient heroes like Ulysses to the very rivers of the Greek underworld and places them in his version of Hell. The way he utilizes these Classical attributes demonstrates the poet’s views on the world of the Greeks as he both celebrates and condemns them. The first appearance of a Classical element in Dante’s magnum opus is at the beginning of the poem in…

that experiencing happiness is possible if there is enough conscious thought to embrace the hopelessness of the punishment. Yet, Hell is supposed to exist as an absence of God, and thus an absence of joy. Perhaps the people in Dante’s Hell do not have conscious thought, but then how much are they suffering if they cannot reflect upon their sins and tribulations. In Hell, there must be some form of hope in existence that allows these souls to have conscious thought and be tortured without the…