Descent into Hell!!! Rarrr!...Well, sort of... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lush · 05-04-2005, 09:44 PM

Well, first of all, you have to remember the fact that the idea of "hell" as a place where only bad people go evolved over time. As did the trips. When Odysseus went to Hades, it meant one thing. When Jesus went to get Abraham, it meant something different. But I would argue that this is all part of a greater pattern.

But then there is the Virgin Mary. She definitely took a stroll through Hell according to Orthodox theology. I think. Maybe. I was always a bad Orthodox anyway. Will look it up.

05-04-2005, 09:44 PM	#27
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Well, first of all, you have to remember the fact that the idea of "hell" as a place where only bad people go evolved over time. As did the trips. When Odysseus went to Hades, it meant one thing. When Jesus went to get Abraham, it meant something different. But I would argue that this is all part of a greater pattern. But then there is the Virgin Mary. She definitely took a stroll through Hell according to Orthodox theology. I think. Maybe. I was always a bad Orthodox anyway. Will look it up. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~