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[–] 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Did people before Christianity just evaporate then?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago* (4 children)

    IIRC the so-called "virtuous pagans" went to purgatory

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    It's in the beginning of Dante's Inferno, not sure where he got the idea from.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Same place all the preachers had to go to answer all the people who kept asking this exact question. They made it up with the only excuse that would get everyone to shut up. It's not from anywhere.

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