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Tag Archives: Hell
I Don’t Suck!
People just too darn busy. End of the world postponed for several months. Continue reading
Posted in Living On The Edge, Nihilism, Satire
Tagged 11-11-11, apocalypse, Bible-belt, end-of-the-world, Heaven, Hell, hopelessness, Jesus, Missouri, second coming
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Dante’s Inferno Being Remodeled
A press release has just come to my attention that Dante’s Inferno is being dramatically remodeled. The need has apparently arisen to accommodate a new class of condemned individuals, sinners who are so onerous and evil that the traditional forms of Hell are just too tame. Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Nihilism, Political Rant, Satire
Tagged 9 circles of Hell, Adolph Hitler, Ann Coulter, beastiality, betrayal, bigotry, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Koch, Dante's Inferno, David Koch, deception, Divine Comedy, Donald Trump, Fraud, Glenn Beck, Gluttony, Greed, hedonism, Hell, Heresy, hoarding, idolatry, Limbo, lust, malevolence, Michele Bachmann, MSNBC, murder, Newt Gingrich, punishments, Republican Convention, Rupert Murdoch, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown, Sean Hannity, selfishness, sin, theft, Treachery, Violence, Wrath
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Imagine
John Lennon’s song is a landmark achievement. But we need to imagine what is ennobling of the human spirit, morally sound, spiritually uplifting, socially constructive, liberating and fair, at the same time sticking to what’s achievable and truly consistent with the limitations of our species. Continue reading →