From: Steven Craig Miller (scmiller@www.plantnet.com)
Date: Thu Dec 30 1999 - 12:00:08 EST
<x-flowed>To: Juan Stam,
<< Much of our image of "Hell" (Span infierno) is heavily tainted by pagan
mythology, via medieval elaborations. I try to avoid using the terms "hell"
or "infierno" and surprise people by using the more flexible, imaginative
biblical terms. >>
I've reached the same conclusion but for a perhaps slightly different
reason. IMO our images of "Hell" are generally heavily tainted by Christian
mythology, via medieval elaborations. Because of that I prefer using the
(pre-Christian) biblical terms.
-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller@www.plantnet.com
Disclaimer: "I'm just a simple house-husband (with no post-grad degree),
what do I know?"
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