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Thread: PeteC Returns to Hell (Temporarily)
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
# 440
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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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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
# 3216
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Is it possible to leave Hell and then return? I guess that's a whole new theology.
Good luck!
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
# 953
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Got back on the bus, then? Should've listened to George MacDonald.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
# 14333
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And Orfeo seems to have it backwards, no doubt pissing off dead Greeks and opera aficionados.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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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?
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
# 273
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
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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 ]
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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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]](wink.gif)
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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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.
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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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.
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
# 3216
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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
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
# 953
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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.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Perfectly understandable. I am back in Hell because that's where are my friends are, eh?
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Socratic-enigma
Shipmate
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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
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QLib
Bad Example
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Feels like you've never been away. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Drifting Star
Drifting against the wind
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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]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
[Edited to de-capitalise orfeo]
[ 15. May 2013, 12:57: Message edited by: Drifting Star ]
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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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!!!
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Drifting Star
Drifting against the wind
# 12799
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Suddenly things start to make sense...
...oh. No, it's all gone wonky again.
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
# 13878
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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.
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Palimpsest
Shipmate
# 16772
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Originally posted by orfeo:
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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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