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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:13 pm
That picture creeps Aine out.... gonk
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:14 pm
7chan.org
/cat/
non-porn fun.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:16 pm
`Aine Chievious That picture creeps Aine out.... gonk Why does that scare you? It makes me randomly burst out laughing. XD *scrurries off to prevent for offtopicing more* XD
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:16 pm
 rofl
Eugh. All of the chans are made of loss and fail. Except for the fact that 4chan has Bridgett. That man is sexy in a skirt xD
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:17 pm
Roy Salamandra `Aine Chievious That picture creeps Aine out.... gonk Why does that scare you? It makes me randomly burst out laughing. XD *scrurries off to prevent for offtopicing more* XD Just the expression on the cat's face. It creeps me out for some reason.... xd
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:26 pm
system malfunction rofl
Eugh. All of the chans are made of loss and fail. Except for the fact that 4chan has Bridgett. That man is sexy in a skirt xD I beg to differ.  /cat/ pwns.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:27 pm
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Is that cat wearing a leather studded collar? x______o
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:27 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:28 pm
I'm not one for beastiality, but... me-ow ;D
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:38 pm
system malfunction I'm not one for beastiality, but... me-ow ;D
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:01 pm
Here's the semi-finished product, I'm going to edit after I get some sleep. The ()s are where I'm going to cite my "sources"
Since before the ancient Egyptians even conceived the concept of a life after death, man has tried to imagine what could be waiting for them when they die. For the Christians, it was the vague idea of a “good place” and a “bad place”, a Heaven where the righteous would be rewarded and a Hell where the sinners would be punished. Unfortunately, not even the Bible revealed many clues on the specifics of these places, and until a Florentine poet by the name of Dante Alighieri wrote his epic poem, many Christians would be left to wonder. Dante’s Divine Comedy provided a detailed (though fictional) description of the Christian afterlife, and evolved the endless plain of fire and stretch of clouds into living, breathing, believable places, and forever changed the way Christians viewed Heaven and Hell.
One of the major things Commedia offered was a more in-depth description of what the afterlife could really look like. Contrary to the idea that Hell was just an eternal pit of fire, Dante imagines a complex cavernous place that led to the frozen center of the Earth, which encased Satan and the highest sinners. He imagined every layer of Hell had its own unique layout and offered a punishment according to the sinners’ deeds(). For example, the Suicides of the seventh terrace have their souls encased in thorny trees and their leaves are fed upon by harpies(). They can then only speak through the wounds the harpies left. This symbolizes that their statement in life was destroying it, because now in the afterlife they can only speak through destruction(). Along with giving specifics on the punishments of Hell, Dante also offered detailed physical descriptions of the place, and even offered rough measurements of one terrace. He also went into much detail for Purgatory, which he changed from a sort of Limbo to a mountain that one who didn’t belong in The Vestibule or Limbo, yet still didn’t meet the standards to enter Heaven, could climb to be redeemed for his or her sins(). The mountain offered punishments on every terrace, similar to Hell, but they were for the purpose of redeeming sin rather than punishing the sinners. The imagery of Purgatory was a mountain which had both a night and a day (though those on it were allowed to move only during daylight), and was in every other way an ordinary mountain. This made it seem worldlier, perhaps to symbolize the fact that the sinners were not yet able to part from the Earth and enter “God’s light”. Dante’s Heaven, however, is an entirely different story. In the first canto of Paradiso, Dante admits that the Heaven he sees is only what his eyes permit him to see(). Basically, it is suggesting that every person will have their own personal Heaven, or maybe share the same Heaven but view it differently. This greatly differs from the traditional view of the cloudy Kingdom of Heaven.
Dante also tied in Pagan beliefs and figures in his fictional afterlife (which is ironic, because he condemned many famous Pagans to his Hell). A good example of this blending of religions is his inclusion of the three-headed dog Cerberus of Greek legend. The beast that supposedly guarded the entrance to Hades instead dines on the Gluttonous of the Third Circle of this Christian underworld(). Another example of this is Dante’s appointed Guardian of Purgatory, Cato the Younger, who is an odd choice because he was not only a Pagan but a suicide as well(). Alighieri also included such beasts as Centaurs ()and various other beings of Pagan religion. But along with seemingly accepting some aspects of Paganism, he also damned its followers. Virgil, for example, was placed in Limbo for not accepting Christ, even though he lived before Christ’s birth and was still virtuous(). There are also many other Pagans scattered throughout Dante’s Hell. So it seems that while parts of this afterlife are derived from Pagan belief, the Pagans are not exempt from the tortures of Hell.
While the imagery Dante created helped create a believable thereafter, it was the story of his journey through it that really made Christians want to believe this was more fact than fiction. The God of Dante’s epic seemed to do all that he could to prevent his “children” from straying into sin, sometimes even after death. The basis of the story is that when Dante has strayed into sin and is contemplating suicide, the angel Beatrice (who is Dante’s deceased childhood friend) calls for Virgil begin to lead him on a journey to purge him of this sin(). This God seemed to allow any sinner to redeem themselves, no matter what the sin. This is further evidenced by the existence of Mount Purgatory, which offers redemption to lost souls even after they depart from the world(). Dante took the forgiving Christian God and tried to show examples of the extent of His kindness.
Dante’s afterlife is so popular even today because it embodies almost exactly what most people want the afterlife to be. The good are rewarded according to their deeds and are completely content with what they receive, the mediocre are given the chance to redeem themselves, and the wicked are punished justly. In essence, it’s the idea of a Utopian society carried over into the afterlife. And though Dante’s epic is fiction, it has given the Christians a new outlook on the afterlife for almost seven hundred years, and will probably continue to do so for centuries to come.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:10 pm
I'll go through that as soon as I finish and type up this. Is it okay if I post my essay up in this thread too so maybe I can get critique as well?
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:12 pm
[Q] I'll go through that as soon as I finish and type up this. Is it okay if I post my essay up in this thread too so maybe I can get critique as well? Sure. I'm going to go to bed now, but I'll be back in three hours so I can do it then with a slightly clearer head rofl
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:54 pm
system malfunction Here's the semi-finished product, I'm going to edit after I get some sleep. The ()s are where I'm going to cite my "sources"
Since before the ancient Egyptians even conceived the concept of a life after death, man has tried to imagine what could be waiting for them when they die. For the Christians, it was the vague idea of a “good place” and a “bad place”, a Heaven where the righteous would be rewarded and a Hell where the sinners would be punished. Unfortunately, not even the Bible revealed many clues on the specifics of these places, and until a Florentine poet by the name of Dante Alighieri wrote his epic poem, many Christians would be left to wonder. Dante’s Divine Comedy provided a detailed (though fictional) description of the Christian afterlife, and evolved the endless plain of fire and stretch of clouds into living, breathing, believable places, and forever changed the way Christians viewed Heaven and Hell. [Didn't you read my corrections from my last post? D: ]
One of the major things Commedia offered was a more in-depth description of what the afterlife could really look like. Contrary to the idea that Hell was simply an eternal pit of fire, Dante imagines a complex cavernous place leading to the frozen center of the Earth, which encased Satan and the highest sinners. He imagined Every layer of Hell had its own unique layout and offered a punishment according to the sinners’ deeds(). For example, the Suicides of the seventh terrace have their souls encased in thorny trees and their leaves are fed upon by harpies(). They may(?) then only speak through the wounds the harpies left. This symbolizes that their statement in life was destroying it, because now in the afterlife they can only speak through destruction().
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Along with giving specifics on the punishments of Hell, Dante also offered detailed physical descriptions of the place, and even offered rough measurements of one terrace. He also went into rich(?) detail for Purgatory, which he changed from a sort of Limbo to a mountain where one who did not[no contractions in formal writing] belong in The Vestibule or Limbo, nor yet still didn’t meet the standards to enter Heaven, could climb to be redeemed for his or her sins(). The mountain offered punishments on every terrace, similar to Hell, but they were only for the purpose of redeeming sin rather than punishing the sinners. The imagery of Purgatory was a mountain which had both a night and a day (though those on it were allowed to move only during daylight), and was in every other way an ordinary mountain. This made it seem worldlier, perhaps to symbolize the fact that the sinners were not yet able to part from the Earth and enter “God’s light”.
(?)
Dante’s Heaven, however, is an entirely different story. In the first canto of Paradiso, Dante admits that the Heaven he sees is only what his eyes permit him to see(). Basically, it is suggesting that every person will have their own personal Heaven, or maybe share the same Heaven but view it differently. This greatly differs from the traditional view of the cloudy Kingdom of Heaven.
Dante also ties in Pagan beliefs and figures in his fictional afterlife (which is ironic, as he condemned many famous Pagans to his Hell). An good example of this blending of religions is his inclusion of the three-headed dog Cerberus from(?) Greek legend. The beast that supposedly guarded the entrance to Hades instead dines on the Gluttonous[do you mean Gluttons? Because gluttonous is an adjective.] of the Third Circle of this Christian underworld(). Another example of this is Dante’s appointed Guardian of Purgatory, Cato the Younger, who is an odd choice because he was not only a Pagan but a suicidal(?) as well(). Alighieri also included such beasts as Centaurs ()and various other beings of Pagan religion.
(?)
But along with seemingly accepting some aspects of Paganism, he also damned its followers. Virgil, for example, was placed in Limbo for not accepting Christ, even though he lived before Christ’s birth and was still virtuous(). There are also many other Pagans scattered throughout Dante’s Hell. So it seems that while parts of this afterlife are derived from Pagan belief, the Pagans are not exempt from the tortures of Hell.
While the imagery Dante created helped make[needed a synonym here] a believable thereafter, it was the story of his journey through it that really made Christians want to believe this was more fact than fiction. The God of Dante’s epic seemed to do all that he could to prevent his “children” from straying into sin, sometimes even after death. The basis of the story is that when Dante has strayed into sin and is contemplating suicide, the angel Beatrice (who is Dante’s deceased childhood friend) calls for Virgil to(?) begin to lead him on a journey to purge him of this sin(). This God seemed to allow any sinner to redeem themselves, no matter what the sin. This is further evidenced by the existence of Mount Purgatory, which offers redemption to lost souls even after they depart from the world(). Dante took the forgiving Christian God and tried to show examples of the extent of His kindness.[you need a better transition sentence, here]
Dante’s afterlife is so popular even today. It embodies almost exactly what most people want the afterlife to be. The good are rewarded according to their deeds and are completely content with what they receive, the mediocre are given the chance to redeem themselves, and the wicked are punished justly. In essence, it is the idea of a Utopian society carried over into the afterlife. Although Dante’s epic is fiction, it has given the Christians a new outlook on the afterlife for almost seven hundred years, and will probably continue to do so for centuries to come.
It's good, but you need to stop relying on "that" and "because". D: You also use "also" way too much, but I couldn't figure out how to suggest a way around that, so I left it alone. D:
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