As a person who was traumatized in youth by buying into the notion of eternal punishment, and trying to make it gel with the notion of on all loving God, this comic so captures the absolute mind f of that doctrine. Yet your comment suggests people in heaven would be bothered by the screams of those there, whereas according to theologians like Aquinas in this quote that strikes me as one of the most twisted things I have ever read, it would make them more appreciative: “In order that the happiness of the saints may be more delightful to them and that they may render more copious thanks to God for it, they are allowed to see perfectly the sufferings of the -d-mn-ed. . .So that they may be urged the more to praise God. . .The saints in heaven know distinctly all that happens. . .to those in the inferno.”!!!
This strikes me as a profound comment on mankind’s relation to nature: take everything for free. I think the Half Full comics are funny, sweet, and delightfully drawn, and I am pleasantly surprised to see that style also brought to bear in tackling a serious issue.
As a person who was traumatized in youth by buying into the notion of eternal punishment, and trying to make it gel with the notion of on all loving God, this comic so captures the absolute mind f of that doctrine. Yet your comment suggests people in heaven would be bothered by the screams of those there, whereas according to theologians like Aquinas in this quote that strikes me as one of the most twisted things I have ever read, it would make them more appreciative: “In order that the happiness of the saints may be more delightful to them and that they may render more copious thanks to God for it, they are allowed to see perfectly the sufferings of the -d-mn-ed. . .So that they may be urged the more to praise God. . .The saints in heaven know distinctly all that happens. . .to those in the inferno.”!!!