Mandate of Heaven

non-Christian adults to infants who wasn’t baptized" (Cantos IV). This is the place where heaven and hell has denied them of the entry. They reside in this hell, but not actually a part of it. In this state of limbo is a distinguished group of four classical poets. These circle of poets welcome back Virgil and honor Dante as their own. Bible scholars today argue Dante expression of Christ descending and ascending to heaven from this limbo state. The sufferings in the limbo state…

What makes Hell such a dreaded, terrifying place? In part of the text Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathon Edwards makes the observation that anyone who has not been a born again Puritan Christian will burn for all eternity in the pit known as Hell. To some, it is a dreaded, feared place, but to others it is fictional and incites no fear. In 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut, John Edwards delivered a horrifyingly powerful sermon to the Puritan congregation about the dangers, and reality of…

the word “you.” He is thanking Beatrice for what she has done, and much of what he attributes to her work is incredibly Christ-like. He thanks her for his salvation, asks for her “power and charity” and “magnificence” so that, when he returns to heaven, his soul might please her, and thanks her for healing his soul (88-89). These actions would be difficult for any true mortal to accomplish. However, Christ is meant to have accomplished all of these actions and more. He is the second aspect…

miasma could linger on the clothes and bedding of the infected as well (Slack, 437). However, there was debate about the origin of the miasma. Some said that God sent the miasma directly to Earth, others said that the miasma was due to certain alignments of the stars. German physician Konrad von Megenberg blamed the miasma on earthquakes caused by God. He believed that the earth held poisonous gases inside, and when God sent an earthquake, the poisonous air could escape through the cracks in the…

The Underworld is thought to be deep underground or beneath the surface of the world in most religions and mythologies. It is a place where the souls of the departed go an afterlife or a realm of the dead. The Underworld “was hidden deep in the earth and was the kingdom of the dead, ruled by god Hades”.(Mythology, 2017) The planet Pluto is “considered King of the Underworld in Roman mythology”.(Gill, 2017) Most religions believe that “the lowest part of the world usually represented as the…

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,…

Puritans belief on eternal life in heaven was heavily based upon whether or not you've committed a sin. Damned were believed to go to hell while elects lived out eternity in heaven. Although no one was ever sure who god would pick as an elect or a damned they usually assumed that non sinners went to heaven. While Hester and Arthur have committed a major sin, both have been forgiven by god for a multitude of reasons expressed mostly towards the end of the story through dialogue and points of view…

In The Divine Comedy, Dante's Inferno, Dante takes a horrific journey through the Inferno. Throughout his journey, he enters, he discovers that hell is split up into many levels, the bottom where Satan resides. In these circles, he witnesses many people in pain who are being punished for their sins that they committed on earth. Each person's punishment is based on their crimes they have committed, but without all the allusions and justifications they had in their earthly lives. Dante encounters…

On the other hand, Genesis 1-2 from the Bible shows that the Christian culture believes that a male deity created Earth; therefore patriarchal. Genesis 1-2 begins with nothing and a male God speaks the land, ocean, and heaven into existence. “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear” (Genesis 164). In Christian culture, a man is of higher power than a woman. “And the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a…

In the lecture, “Why I Am Not a Christian” Bertrand Russell delivers his thoughts on Christianity and the belief in God. Russell makes several claims and reasons on why he is not a Christian throughout this speech. He presents many theories and arguments about how God couldn’t possibly exist. Many of these reasons he gives have even been “proven” by a multitude of scholars and scientists. Although Bertrand Russell makes some compelling arguments he makes many illogical fallacies within his…