The Dante Inferno Test: 2012 Edition!

[Amaris]

Heh. The male bulge.





[this is why I'm going to the City of Dis]

 

[Kestra]

I dunno whether to be embarrassed or proud. At least I'm not prodigal and avaricious...? They busted me for being a gay atheist and majoring in polisci, which is probably where all my "Fraudulent, Malicious, and Panderers" responses came from.

I don't know where the high violent rating comes from. I can't stand gore and I disagree with the death penalty (mostly its execution, no pun intended).

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Eighth Level of Hell - The Malebolge!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level | Score
Purgatory | Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo | Low
Level 2 | Very High
Level 3 | Low
Level 4 | Very Low
Level 5 | High
Level 6 - The City of Dis | High
Level 7 | Very High
Level 8 - The Malebolge | Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus | High

Now all I know about you is that you're a very violent and disturbed individual!

 

[greenguy]

Heh. The male bulge.





[this is why I'm going to the City of Dis]

Right? It's great.

Now all I know about you is that you're a very violent and disturbed individual!

I really should be put on the No-Fly list, shouldn't I?

 

[T'Preea]

I was sent to Level 7. Apparently, I'm of the Violent ones.

 

[iguana_tonante]

You know, I should be a heretic. I'm not even Christian.

I dunno. I've always saw "heresy" defined inside Christianity (and other dogmatic religions): a different way of believing in Christ, not a different belief system altogether. You can't be an heretic if you are not a Christian, like you can't cheat on your wife if you are not married. I could be wrong, tho.

No matter how many puppies I save, old people I help across the street, I'm still condemned. 'Tis how Dante had it set up.

Hey, don't take it against the man. He was just using the setting provided by the Church. Reading his works, it's quite clear that he admired the virtuous unbelievers, and struggled with the fact that they were excluded from salvation, and considered it "unfair" at least in the human sense.

 

[Admiral Shran]

I dunno. I've always saw "heresy" defined inside Christianity (and other dogmatic religions): a different way of believing in Christ, not a different belief system altogether. You can't be an heretic if you are not a Christian, like you can't cheat on your wife if you are not married. I could be wrong, tho.

You're correct. According to the Catholic Church's latest catechism, a heretic is someone who consciously denies some element of Catholic doctrine while remaining nominally a Christian. In other words - any Christian who is not a Catholic.

For people who are not Christian at all, there is a further distinction, I believe, between infidels and schismatics. Historically, anybody who was not a Christian was an infidel. However, the modern church only uses that term in reference to people who profess no faith whatsoever - i.e. atheists. Which, if I'm not mistaken, means anybody professing a non-Christian faith is a schismatic. I could be wrong about that, however.

 

[Gov Kodos]

I dunno. I've always saw "heresy" defined inside Christianity (and other dogmatic religions): a different way of believing in Christ, not a different belief system altogether. You can't be an heretic if you are not a Christian, like you can't cheat on your wife if you are not married. I could be wrong, tho.

You're correct. According to the Catholic Church's latest catechism, a heretic is someone who consciously denies some element of Catholic doctrine while remaining nominally a Christian. In other words - any Christian who is not a Catholic.

For people who are not Christian at all, there is a further distinction, I believe, between infidels and schismatics. Historically, anybody who was not a Christian was an infidel. However, the modern church only uses that term in reference to people who profess no faith whatsoever - i.e. atheists. Which, if I'm not mistaken, means anybody professing a non-Christian faith is a schismatic. I could be wrong about that, however.

An infidel is a non-believing enemy of the faith, the term has often cropped up between Muslims and Christians. Someone who is of a faith other than ones own is a heathen, or pagan. Heretics are those who believe radical doctrines of faith, for Christians that might be Jesus is just a man and not actually God, or the Trinity is actually three separate Gods.

 

[Kestra]

So I'm a heathen then? A heathen in purgatory?

 

[iguana_tonante]

I always chuckle at the terms "pagan" and "heathen", as they both mean "country dweller", coming from a time when Christianity was the brand-new, hipster religion of city folks, while rural fellows followed the outdated religion of their fathers. How things change...

 

[Gov Kodos]

So I'm a heathen then? A heathen in purgatory?

A heathen by Christian standards, I guess they needed purgatory and limbo for purposes of conversion. I imagine the Church realized it would be bad PR to tell folks all their ancestors were in hell because the Church hadn't gotten around to them yet.

 

[Admiral Shran]

It's not completely out of the realm of possibility. Dante did have Cato the Younger as the guardian of Purgatory after all.

 

[Amaris]

Hey, don't take it against the man. He was just using the setting provided by the Church. Reading his works, it's quite clear that he admired the virtuous unbelievers, and struggled with the fact that they were excluded from salvation, and considered it "unfair" at least in the human sense.

Eh. He could have tried harder.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Not if he wanted to avoid being burned at the stake...

 

[Gov Kodos]

I've always preferred pressing. Sure, it doesn't have the dramatic flair or communal joy of a bonfire, but it does get the job done and more wood can be distributed to help the needy stay warm.

 

[Amaris]

Not if he wanted to avoid being burned at the stake...

Always following the crowd. *sigh*

 

[backstept]

I got Purgatory