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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:01 PM Original message |
Why is Hell always thought of as being hot? Why wasn't it thought of |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dante thought of it that way - the lowest level of hell is ice in "The Inferno" |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because "fire and brimstone" is scarier than "snowflakes and icicles" |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. You might find this interesting |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. ROFL |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I guess it depends on if Hell is endothermic or exothermic. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Since you asked ... |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You beat me to it, Meegbear! |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm not sure - I've always known it as Hell ... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I love little insights like this. Thanks! |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's what the Vikings believed. |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because cold numbs pain, while heat exacerbates it? |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Also because, based on what ancient man could do... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. A Biblical scholar once proved that Heaven is hotter than Hell |
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