Just after Dante enters Hell, he hears the cries of many people. When he asks Virgil who these people are, he tells him that these are the undecided, who did not choose a life of good or of evil. These people are the outcasts. Heaven will not take them, because they did not choose to be good, but Hell will not fully take them either, because they were not evil enough to be banished there. Now they will perpetually run after a blank banner, being stung into movement by bees and wasps.
Arguably, these people could be some of the worst off. They don’t belong anywhere, not in Heaven, not in Purgatory, not even in Hell.
The dammed who are banished here are constantly stung by bees and wasps which cause them to move. This is because their own weak will could not decide anything for themselves, so they are now forced into movement, a painful dance after a blank banner, which symbolizes their lack of leader and their lack of purpose. Since they could not find it in themselves to follow God or the Devil, they now follow no one, a nothingness that will give them nothing, but takes everything, their lives, their afterlives, their ability to choose what they want. A people of helplessness live here, not being able to accept or decline.
These people are practically the definition of agnostic. In life God was not accepted, but also not fully rejected. There are so many people like this in our world. Some don’t think there is enough evidence to prove the existence of God, then again, they say there isn’t enough to prove He doesn’t. Although we should not need proof of God’s existence, these people are caught in this endless circle of is, is not. The saddest part of this denial is the people who call themselves Christians, but never go to Church. Although they think this is all they have to do, that going to Church is not necessary, it is vital for them to be true Christians. They will be led in this blind way of turning a blind eye to the truth until they die and are sent to this desolate place.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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