2006-08-20 13:26:19 · 13 answers · asked by jerryvixon23 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No, I don't think any kind of Hell is true. I agree with Shell above, about Dante's Inferno being written in a time when the Church dominated everything and wanted to keep all the people in its subjection, even through start raging fear, if necessary.
2006-08-20 13:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by correrafan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WEll not so sure about Dantes version but from what I learnt there are only 7 layers of Hells and the inferno part I think is worse that he describe it.
2006-08-23 06:19:16 · answer #2 · answered by Arzy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I took an entire two-semester course on Dante's Divina Commedia. I think it's sad that many of the people answering here seem to have completely misunderstood Dante's purpose in this brilliant work of fiction.
No, it's not true, and Dante never intended it to be. Actually read it and you'll find much of it is actually poking fun at the Catholic Church's corruption and scare tactics, not supporting it. It's all about the symbolism.
2006-08-20 16:28:19 · answer #3 · answered by shizzngiggles 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes and no. I think it is misunderstood. I believe their is a realm that exists outside of our own, sometimes mixing with ours, that most people would recognize as the traditional christian hell. I do not believe this is hell at all but a world of demons. I also believe their is a hell, but not in the traditional sense of the word, but more a spiritual realm where people are not punished and tormented by the devil, but where they learn from the mistakes of their previous life, and then move on to the realm of heaven where they are rewarded for their past life before being reborn. I believe their are 7 layers of heaven and 7 layers of hell. and as far as the catholic church is concerned... was created as a way to convert pagans who would not convert to traditional christianity. I also believe that Satan, Lucifer is not the devil, but an archangel of temptation, still in the servitude of heaven. The devil, or head demon, is something else all together. While I believe demons are created out of corruption and many are evil, not all of them are. I believe a demon can befriend a human, although rare.
yes, I am aware my beliefs are not shared by many, christians and pagans alike, but it is what I believe to be the truth.
My intention is not to upset or offend anyone, I only offer my beliefs.
2006-08-20 14:42:48 · answer #4 · answered by paige h 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
enable Jack Sparrow be your handbook: "The private circle of Hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers." observe that interior the poem itself, human beings like Cain and Judas are down there. Monsters are component to the epic custom. it extremely is an early Renaissance poem, so classical references are to be envisioned as a results of fact the Renaissance replaced into huge into reviving Greek and Roman lifestyle. So including in Greek and Roman monsters is to be envisioned, similar to the way that many situations the symbolism for the Christian God is extremely similar to Zeus/Jupiter. observe that Dante's handbook by using Hell is Virgil, the great Roman poet.
2016-12-17 14:18:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, Dante wrote it to get back at some of his enemies who had his exiled from his home (not sure what for, but you can look it up somewhere). Dante was a writer, so how does a writer have revenge? He writes about it....
2006-08-20 16:17:53 · answer #6 · answered by ravencadwell 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it is the most ridiculous piece of fiction I have ever read.
Why would a loving creator prepare such a place.
This place exists only in the mind of Satan.
Religion used these senarios to keep the people in subjection and in fear of hell and demons and witches and warlocks.
Anyone who dared say they could be wrong automatically got burned alive at the stake.
2006-08-20 13:32:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No. It's a work of fiction. He borrowed some stuff from priests' sermons and the other stuff he made up all by his lonesome. It's like the Bible, if mortal guys wrote their own interpretation of the supernatural, how do you know it's the truth?
2006-08-20 15:11:04 · answer #8 · answered by Stina 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a allegory about his life and he just happen to choose hell, purgatory , and then heaven ....pretty inventive for a guy in the 1600's
2006-08-20 18:42:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dante's "Inferno", "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso" are based on
the catholic faith and the superstitions of that faith and of that
time. It is not true. It is a poem.
2006-08-20 13:46:11 · answer #10 · answered by kluane 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋