The Extra Circles of Hell, A Short Tour
An update to Dante’s Inferno for the 21st century.
There’s a lot of self-righteous assholes out there who think they’re going to heaven. If an afterlife exists, they’re in for a tiny surprise — probably. Dante didn’t know how things would turn out when he wrote the original Divine Comedy. But he knew all about hypocrisy.
That’s why he created a special circle of hell for each type of sinner. Because they all deserve each other, and their own special punishment.
Dante originally envisioned nine circles of hell. Just nine? Seriously? We’re gonna need more circles…
Our sins go well beyond greed, treachery, and fraud these days. Evil shows up in the most banal forms.
Evil doesn’t always involve deliberate harm, like the stuff you see in the Saw movies. There’s a kind of moral laziness that does more damage to the world. That relative who keeps posting about post-birth abortions and “executing babies?” They’re going to hell, I’m pretty sure — even if it’s just the one they create here with their fake news.
There’s also the politician who sends thoughts and prayers after every shooting. The reckless driver in the giant pickup truck or sports car who never gets pulled over. The mom in platform flip flops who replies to…
