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benchilada

Sir Reginald, like dogs and bees, can smell your fear

Oct 16, 2006 07:32

"Oh, make something up."

Another glance at the watch. Time was running out, and the foreman was too nervous to think. Sir Reginald, meanwhile, was trying to clap with one hand again.

"I don't know what to tell him."

"Tell him anything,” said Sir Reginald, losing his patience. “Tell him the portal…er, the doorway… ( Read more... )

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pure_doxyk October 16 2006, 14:34:47 UTC

Very nice! You gotta love a religion that will condemn it's "not good enough" followers to being dipped in a lake for a couple centuries... ;)

benchilada October 16 2006, 15:45:35 UTC

That *is* one of the "good" points about sects that believe in Purgatory: the chance for "escape."

pure_doxyk October 16 2006, 15:51:06 UTC

Sure, and if you believe the original version, then you got to escape when your relatives had given the Church enough money to warrant their intervening for you...in fact, I'm rather surprised the Church folk didn't try to buy an intercession from Reginald! ;)

benchilada October 16 2006, 16:00:01 UTC

I have a sneaky suspicion that an indulgences purchased from Reginald would have the OPPOSITE intended effect.

And he may be a bastard, but randomly assigning people to hell isn't his bag.

I mean, sure, if they DESERVE it...

froborr_dwiggy October 16 2006, 16:16:35 UTC

Having been to both Hell and Purgatory* in my explorations, I can say emphatically that Purgatory is much the worse of the two. See, unlike the angels that staff Purgatory, demons are demonstrably corruptable. It's not that hard to convince them to go easy on you, and of course Hell gets much better babes.

*The multiverse is infinite in variety and population. Therefore, everything the inhabitants of your benighted little globe have ever imagined is out there somehow**, as is everything you haven't.

**Since cosmoi are defined by their laws of nature, "somehow" means the same in intercosmic navigation as "somewhere" does in mundane locomotion.

froborr_dwiggy October 16 2006, 16:09:16 UTC

Interestingly, Gehenna, the Jewish equivalent to Hell, is also non-permanent. According to Jewish belief (though most Jews no longer actually believe in it), it is so bad that one year there is enough to "purify" even the most evil soul. In other words, the Jews who believe in such things, believe Hitler is in Eden right now.

You gotta give 'em props for that.

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