November 07, 2009
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Hell Hath No Fury

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Good news for those bound for eternal damnation: A recent Vatican-endorsed editorial says we no longer need to fear an afterlife of fire, brimstone, and Satan-organized torture.

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The Christian Century (Sept. 22, 1999) reports that a kinder, gentler hell is suddenly in vogue among those in the know. "Hell exists, not as a place but as a state, a way of being of the person who suffers the pain of the deprivation of God," according to the editorial in Civilta Cattolica. Though this no doubt comes as a great relief to sinners everywhere, the edict mysteriously omits any mention of a stairway to heaven, leaving open the possibility that eternal paradise is simply the state of mind induced by a good cup of coffee.

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