Stairway to Heaven

In the 1720’s a preacher named Jonathan Edwards gave a sermon title ‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Edwards sermon would become well known for this sermon because of his constant use of strong figurative language. In his sermon, Edwards tells his congregation that everyone in the room is a sinner, even if they believe they haven’t sinned before. Edwards continues to warn his congregation that they will be judged by God himself, and that this judgement will be more painful and terrifying…

sinful process. Although, the afterlife was glorious and your spirit would live on. Death for the Egyptians, however, depended on who the person was. After your fate was determined with the Chief of the Underworld, you would then be directing on to “heaven” or “hell”. The Hindus took the entire process in a series of various stages. Post-death depends on…

1. Capaneus plays an important role in understanding the psychology of the sinners in hell because his rejection attitude toward God represents how the sinners think. Capaneus fought against Thebes, and he is guilty of blasphemy. This is one of the worst sins a person can commit. Because of his sin’s severity, Capaneus have to pay the price with the intensity punishment. Even though it is obvious that Capaneus cannot defeat God, and he can reduce his punishment by admitting his wrong, his pride…

throughout life it is stained and dirtied with wrong-doings and mistakes. So upon death if the soul is dirty it is sent to Gehinnom to be flung around a spiritual heat to get rid of any residue that lingers. Then the soul is clean and prepared for entry to heaven. However, people can die with clean souls and not be sent to Gehinnom by repenting for their sins and making amends with people they have wronged. (Rabbi Aron…

Aristotle Mendoza is ready for another boring summer stuck at home with his Mother and emotionally distant Father. To escape the boredom of summer he goes to the local pool even though he doesn’t know how to swim. A boy called Dante teaches Aristotle how to swim. Their friendship cemented when they realize they were both named after ancient philosophers. Both of these boys are american-mexican and while Dante’s teaching Ari how to swim, Ari is teaching Dante how to except himself. Aristotle and…

Canto VI of the Inferno lends itself well to the traditional format of a lectura Dantis, in which one canto is lifted from the context of the whole work, and considered as a single poetic entity. This canto is one of the shortest in the Comedy: only one other, Inferno XI, has as few as 115 lines. Canto VI can be regarded as a self-contained unit, since it holds the complete description of one circle of Hell, the third, where Gluttons are punished. The action of the canto is symmetrically framed…

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…

life, they are deserving of this treatment since they never stood up for what is right. I feel that their decision to choose a side was a choice and was punished in the afterlife. The uncommitted is a group of people that would not be allowed into Heaven but are not punished in Hell. One group of the uncommitted are the people who didn’t pick a side between good and evil during their life on Earth. The other group that is punished in this manner…

In Dante’s Inferno, contrapasso, or the law of retribution, is very present as each circle of Hell contains different types of punishments for each type of sinner. Iconic historical figures are found throughout Hell suffering retribution for their sins. This is important as Dante specifically wanted to show no one is above God no matter how important they were in life. The idea of contrapasso isn’t unique to Dante as the law of an eye for an eye is found in the Old Testament. However, Dante’s…

In your opinion, what happens after a person passes away? Do you think heaven and hell truly do exist? Why or why not? Explain your answer. After a person dies, depending on their actions on earth they would given a path to either enter heaven or hell. I am a Christian and therefore it has influenced my thoughts on the afterlife. I believe we are given a second life after we pass away. The after world is divided into two categories: the world full of reward and the world full of punishment.…