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Sheee-it, as a Rams fan, Dante’s levels of Hell look like a friggin’ retreat. I’d go there to get rejuvenated. Maybe have a few laughs.
I see that Judias occupies the deepest part of Hell, the Pit of Hell.
But why would he be punished at all?
Afterall, didn’t he do exactly what God wanted him to do? What he was born to do? If he doesn’t betray Christ there is no crucifixion which was why Christ was sent to Earth to begin with, right?
So why torture him for doing his job?
Also, it seems like the punishments on the 7th level of Hell are more extreme than the ones on level 8.
Damn. So many inconsistencies.
That’s why it’s always important to proofread your visions of Hell first.
I am not a religious person. I do quite like eastern philosophy involved in Taoism or Buddhism, but my own take on religion personally is sort of its own thing.
Nice. Can you expand a little on what your own thing means?
So when people talk about freedom of religion they do not mean the Hindus, the Muslims, the Buddhists, the Jews or even the Scientologists.
I do. I’ve been to mass, I’ve been to a Christian mega-church, I’ve been to temple, I’ve been to the Church of Scientology in downtown WPB (and barely escaped), I once dated a chick who was hardcore Wiccan, and I’m currently learning from a Roshi. That’s not all-encompassing, but it’s a pretty good mix. The prevailing message is peace when distilled down to its purest form. I want all of them to have the freedom to practice without interference from anybody. I want communities to benefit from those freedoms, and for those communities to expand and grow and reach out and do good. But you’re right that there are a lot of people who view Freedom of Religion to mean freedom to worship only ‘the One True God.’ But hey, as long as they can learn to be tolerant of other peaceful religions, then whatever. Believe there’s only one Caucasian God.
I’ve attended Methodist, Lutheran, Catholic, Unitarian and Brethren services.
I also attended a taping of “The PTL Club” with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.
My mother was a big fan so we stopped at their studios in Virginia on the drive back from a vacation in Florida. I was only 14 or so at the time. I don’t remember much but what I do remember was surreal. We were seated in upper part of the balcony. I remember a young boy walking down to the front of the balcony to take a picture of the stage where Jim and Tammy Faye were. Before he could even get the viewfinder to his eye, a couple security guys grabbed it from him and confiscated it. The boy ran crying back to his mother. I don’t know if they ever gave the camera back to the kid. I just know I couldn’t wait to get out of there. It felt very ‘cultish’ to me.
In college I dated a girl who said she was a witch. She told me she was 400 years old. She was a computer science major. Very smart and pretty. I went to her apartment once and she had lit candles everywhere. She dumped me pretty quickly though. She was into motorcycle guys and I was a VW Beetle guy.
But hey. At least now, hopefully, that corporatist Clintonista bullshit is dead and we can go back to work on the progressive agenda. Hopefully.
That’s pretty good, Nittany.
But I’m not getting Mac’s comment, really. How could the existent of the Clintons prevent “progressives” from working on their agenda? It didn’t stop Sanders or Warren. To me, it’s still far too weak tea. We need something much stronger than the “progressive movement.” We’re not going to solve this mess until we get rid of THE main cause:
capitalism.
Having an economic system in which the few get to own the many is not amenable to any effective “reform,” and it’s set up to either prevent that reform in the first place, or if it slips by to snuff it out all too soon. Letting a few people own a ton of other people is morally reprehensible, and that’s capitalism in a nutshell. Aside from ownership, it’s designed to concentrate wealth (which means power) at the very top, sucking it up from everyone else, and unify all markets. This also requires massive government intrusion and the coordination of governments around the world.
It’s the opposite of “freedom and liberty,” the phony battle cry of its supporters. Unless one is talking solely about “freedom and liberty” for the super rich.
That’s my take, anyway. Good use of Yoda, though.
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Well, I think he just meant that with the Clintons gone it will be easier for progressives to make inroads into the DNC. Maybe now a true progressive like Warren can become the face of the Democratic party and garner all the support of the DNC instead of it secretly working against her like it did for Sanders. I could be wrong though.
But hey. At least now, hopefully, that corporatist Clintonista bullshit is dead and we can go back to work on the progressive agenda. Hopefully.
