I wonder how a modern Christian writer would organize the Inferno if they wrote it. Would there be more layers? Would layers be switched around? Or would it be pretty similar to Dante? #divc0m#ch1003
Hmm well I guess Hector won after all considering he ended up in Limbo and Achilles ended up in the 2nd circle and Odysseus ended up in the 8th circle. #divc0m#ch1003
@mari_toumaian @IwategaUnr Well as long as we avoid betraying the ones closest to us we will be doing better than some in the afterlife...#divc0m#ch1003
@CH_Nate I would think it would also be better to be a good heretic, rather than be a terrible Christian, because the Christian should've known what to do while the heretic wouldn't.#divc0m#ch1003
@BourneRand I wonder if back in his time some crimes were worse than they are today, so our perception of how bad of crime is different than what he thought of it. #divc0m#ch1003
@Lbiondo_4 I researched it a little bit, and I found that he did this in order to pay homage and incorporate the works of poets that he admired in order to one day try to join their ranks. #divc0m#ch1003
It must of been a shock to Europeans to hear that people followed Khalif like they followed the Pope, and that the Pope wasn't the leader of everything. #ch1003#mrcopolo
@thedivineisabel Yea imagine how hard communication was over long distances and how the only news some people could get was from travelers that could be exaggerated or dated #ch1003#mrcopolo
@IwategaUnr Hmm that's cool to think about. It also makes me wonder about what he did exaggerate when he was telling the story in prison. #ch1003#mrcopolo
@CHdBR0WN@CH201Zakotah However, I think that by trusting each other's information, even though it may not be accurate, made more of a united front for people to get behind, instead of everyone questioning and getting hooked up on every detail. #ch1003#mand3v1ll2
@thedivineisabel Yea all the Abrahamic religions consider Jerusalem as a holy city, and that is why there as been so much fighting over it #ch1003#mand3v1ll2
I find it interesting how he describes little things that he notices while on his journey, like customs and even animals in the area, which give us insight into not only the type of people he encountered but also the area around them. #ch1003#islmtrvl
@Fariha_Raisa_@mari_toumaian Well I think in that time the eldest son would inherit the estate, including his father's wife, because it allowed for a more peaceful transition and would stop anyone else laying claim and fighting over the dead guys "possessions." #ch1003#islmtrvl
@thedivineisabel Actually thinking about it cold might even make more sense, because I think it is more often cold harsh winters that would kill people compared to hot summer days, even though traveling through the desert with no water would kill you also. #ch1003#islmtrvl
@Lbiondo_4 @mari_toumaian Yea the enemy is always painted as the ones in the wrong and the winners write history, so we will usually only see the winners point of view and how they portrayed their enemies. #ch1003#brutchron