Analysis of My Hell (Dante's inferno topic)

             Optimism is a major aspect of my value system, therefore, I believe that it would be most appropriate to start with the evilest circle of my Hell and move towards the least negative.
             It is my belief that depression and self-abuse (i.e. suicide) are the most heinous sins. They are a direct offense to God, our creator. Suicide is the murder of not your own soul, but of God's art. Anyone who rejects God's gift of life deserves Satan's worst punishment. While on Earth, no matter what circumstances you are faced with, you should take advantage of the beauty and joy that life can bring.
             My next circle of Hell holds the untruthful and violently malicious. The one and only thing better than taking your own life is taking someone else's. Murder is also a personal attack on God because it to destroys one of his creations. What is the difference, you might ask. Free will is another one of God's most glorious gifts. I feel that to kill another human being takes a tremendous amount of freewill, but to murder yourself must take one-thousand times more determination and freewill. It is the extreme abuse of this gift that places the self-abusers in the lowest level of Hell.
             Lying is one of the most guile things someone could do. Not only do lies cause remorse in the liar, but also they dramatically affect the person who is being lied to. I hate being lied to. It's hard to exactly point out why lying hurts so much. Perhaps it's because it is human nature to want completely accurate information. Or maybe it is because the person that lied to us was one we loved. All I know is that forgiveness for lying is not something I hand-out often.
             Circle seven contains the abusers of drugs and alcohol. All of these souls are placed in this level because, again, they are damaging their God-given beauty. These people struggle throughout life to maintain their habit while jeopardizing their famil...

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