Thread:MediocreKnight/@comment-27666783-20200914014420/@comment-37028137-20200927160048

Greetings All,

Sorry to step in but Lance the idea of 'Hell' as is understood in current day context as a place of fire and brimstone actually comes from Dante's 'The Inferno' written in the 14th Century as part of the 'Divine Comedy' Catholicism then adopted the idea to keep people in line. They even coopted some Greek myth to use as there is a similarity between 'Hell' and 'Hades' (the Underworld not the ruler though they do share the name at points.)

Greeks used the Underworld in a similar manner as the Catholics to give people something to fear and a reason to adhere to the social mores and morals that had been established. Pretty much as a way to keep society from devolving into chaos.

The place of 'Hell' itself is never actually referenced in the bible at any point it doesn't exist. Gehenna is as close the books come which is more of a Jewish understanding as being seperated from god. But of course modern day translations starting with the KJV have mistranslated it to fit with the overall concept of 'Hell' because that ties everything in a nice bow.

Sorry I just had to say something I hate religion frankly and their fearmongering but hey at least that required Religious Ethics course I had to take at University finally did something useful.

Cheers,

The Weary TimeLord.