While I was looking back through all the freewrites I had written about Dante's The Divine Comedy I realized how much I had really progressed in my understanding of the poem itself, and in doing so had really been given a whole new view on religion and spirituality. The freewrite that showed this growth to me the most was the second one we had written after reading Canto's III and IV. I had a rather …showed first 75 words of 1014 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1014 total…with them keeping themselves there. Or perhaps Limbo is just an exception to that rule. It's hard to say. But by realizing how simplistic I thought the "normal" Christian view was, I think I've gained a lot in understanding that the views of Christianity can be seen in a multitude of ways. It would certainly be unfair of me to continue to assume I know how anyone, Christian or not, views the afterlife and God.