Can you not comprehend the bold text. J.K. Rowling never tried to convince people that there were really wizards living amongst us in society and in Scotland there is a magical castle where they learn to do magic. Dante sold books which declared what he knew to be bullshit as truth.

EDIT: And Homer as an author of a morality story? I think Mein Kramf has about as much moral as the Iliad.

What he perceived hell to be like? How did he come up with that perception then?

Haha

Nice contradiction.

Dante sold books on the premise of what he knew to be bullshit as truth

But

At the same time, his version of hell was his perception of it

Which is it?

Hitler was forwarding his own morals and ethics in Mein Kampf, Homer was forwarding Grecien morals and ethics in the Iliad and the Odyessey. How do you not see that?

My perception of your posts is that they are full of shit.

THIS MUST BE THE TRUTH

I never claimed that it was his perception of hell. That was entirely my point; he had no reason to believe that in hell you are attacked by a three-headed-monster (and then go on to describe it in detail) so obviously it is bullshit; and he knew it.


And how do you not see that it does not matter whose morals they are. I was not saying Homer was immoral I was saying the story was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_universalism

Homer did not have the same moral compass as you. His works espouse and glorify cultural virtues.

Pretty much spot on that it was politically motivated. I think he also wrote it somewhat for himself, as he did put himself next to his favourite poet for the whole journey.

Your perception of something is basically how you look it it. If that is how he imagined Hell, then that is his perception, and that is all that he wanted to share with other people. Much like any fiction book, or any other vaguely religious text.

Saying that he had no reason to believe in those things? Well, what reason did anyone have to believe that Jesus came back from the dead, that the Red Sea was parted, and that the world was made in six days by some kind of almighty being? Nothing. It was just people's perception of what happened.

Also, The Iliad and The Odyssey both had pretty well defined moral ideals, some even applicable today.

So it was fanfiction?

Ahahahaha, I suppose, in a sense, it IS ancient fan-fiction :p

I've tried that on before, but apparently people get grumpy when you dismiss the Sistine Chapel ceiling as fanart.

But it got so many views on Michelangelo's deviantart!

Over 600 last time I checked.