Ship of Fools: PeteC Returns to Hell (Temporarily)

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :

As Orefo is off on a Grand Tour, PeteC has kindly agreed to cover his Hell Hosting duties whilst he's gallvanting around the globe.

Tubbs
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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

Is it possible to leave Hell and then return? I guess that's a whole new theology.

Good luck!

Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :

Got back on the bus, then? Should've listened to George MacDonald.

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

And Orfeo seems to have it backwards, no doubt pissing off dead Greeks and opera aficionados.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
Got back on the bus, then? Should've listened to George MacDonald.

Who's he, when he's at home without a tie?

Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:

quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
Got back on the bus, then? Should've listened to George MacDonald.
Who's he, when he's at home without a tie?

Well the reference is C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce. Who is George MacDonald, well a nineteenth century liberal Scottish Congregational Minister turned author as he could not find a congregation.

Jengie

p.s. I just realised that my reading suggests George MacDonald had more universalist leanings than C.S. Lewis.

[ 14. May 2013, 15:29: Message edited by: Jengie Jon ]

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

quote:
Jengie Jon: p.s. I just realised that my reading suggests George MacDonald had more universalist leanings than C.S. Lewis.

He believes all people in the Universe go to Heaven and some more? [Biased]

Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
Is it possible to leave Hell and then return? I guess that's a whole new theology.

We can discuss the similarities between the USA and Hell once I've had adequate experiences of both.
[Biased]

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
Is it possible to leave Hell and then return? I guess that's a whole new theology.

Good luck!

Some of us don't learn our lessons the first time around.

Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :

quote:
orfeo: We can discuss the similarities between the USA and Hell once I've had adequate experiences of both.

I wonder which place has the best food [Biased]

Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Well the reference is C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce.

In particular, I was referring to people who (in that novel) leave Heaven to get on the bus and go back to Hell.

And yes, George MacDonald was a universalist.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

Perfectly understandable. I am back in Hell because that's where are my friends are, eh?

Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :

That's the opposite of me Pete. My friends say it's Hell whenever I am around. Welcome back.

Posted by Socratic-enigma (# 12074) on :

quote:
Originally posted by mousethief:
Got back on the bus, then? Should've listened to George MacDonald.

When I skimmed over this I read it as George MacDonald Fraser, implying that PeteC is Flashman... which would explain a lot.

S-E

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :

Feels like you've never been away. [Smile]

Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :

I assumed his time off for good behaviour had come to an end.

Mind you, that suggests that orfeo has just been given time off for good behaviour... [Paranoid]

[Edited to de-capitalise orfeo]

[ 15. May 2013, 12:57: Message edited by: Drifting Star ]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Drifting Star:
I assumed his time off for good behaviour had come to an end.

Mind you, that suggests that orfeo has just been given time off for good behaviour...

[Edited to de-capitalise orfeo]

Hellhosts get time off for bad behaviour!!!

Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :

Suddenly things start to make sense...

...oh. No, it's all gone wonky again.

Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :

Who said I was given anything? I just told 'em I would be off terrorising other parts of the world and expected 'em to deal with it.

Mind you, just at the moment I have good opportunities to hop onto a computer and find out what you're all saying.

Posted by Palimpsest (# 16772) on :

quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:

quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
Is it possible to leave Hell and then return? I guess that's a whole new theology.
We can discuss the similarities between the USA and Hell once I've had adequate experiences of both.

I believe Bertolt Brecht was living in Los Angeles when he proposed that Heaven and Hell would be in the same place. The people in Heaven would have money, those in Hell would not.

Enjoy the tour.

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