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How modern is it to have "sympathetic" portrayals of Hell?
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I have friends who are still religious and it seems like they’ve pivoted from “lake of fire” to a more “hell is the absence of God” vibes
I live in a crunchy granola area so I just assume that’s how the church here operates to keep patrons.
Historically hell has often been depicted as a rather cold place, away from the warmth of god's love or what have you.
Anecdotally, 20 or so years ago, that's what I remember being taught in CCD class when my parents were still making me go.
Dante's Inferno (c. 1321) for example, depicts the 9th and deepest circle of hell as a large frozen lake. And many of the damned he encountered throughout the different circles are at least somewhat sympathetic, especially at the first level of where the inhabitants are by and large good people who just to not be Christians. (And to be clear, Dante often found himself at odds with the church, so his works don't necessarily reflect official doctrine and were absolutely written to reflect his own agenda, that said a lot of our modern ideas about hell owe a lot to Dante's depiction, and any actual mention of hell in the Bible is scarce to non-existent depending on how you interpret certain passages, so his version is just as valid as any other in my opinion)
What the, uh, crunchy hell is a "Crunchy Granola Area"? Or did you just fired the queen of all autocorrect ever & I'm being too obtuse to detect it?
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/crunchy-granola#
My wife often goes “I’m looking like a granola girl today but fuck it”
It means an area where cosplaying as an environmentally conscious hippie as you drive your SUV to your mid level job in an exploitative corporate/tech/finance firm is in vogue.
EDIT: Oh sorry, I forgot to mention that they will also moralize and dietarily advise you about how you really shouldn't eat any fast food or meat or eggs that aren't fairtrade and humane, whilst stopping at Starbucks to pick up their Pumpkin Spice ~~Latte~~ Coffee Themed Hot Milkshake.
The type of place where people describe themselves as spiritual but not religious.
Aka, religion is stupid and bad but you are an asshole if you scoff at my reiki, astrology and and nonsensical 'toxin cleanses'.
I mean, that's literally the actual historical interpretation.