A Visitor’s Guide to Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell

By MATT STAGGS

1. First Circle: Limbo It’s the retirement community of the afterlife. 
2. Second Circle: Lust The final destination of the lustful and adulterous; you can expect this place to be full of reality television stars.
3. Ninth Circle: Treachery The final circle is a frozen wasteland occupied by history’s greatest traitors.

So where would our current political leaders end up? Read all of the circles HERE and make up your own mind.

I know I’ve been guilty of some of these, and I also know I try my best to avoid them. Which of these are our politicians most guilty of?

Seven Deadly Sins

1. Lust: strong passion or longing, especially for sexual desires.
2. Gluttony: excessive and ongoing eating of food or drink.
3. Greed: an excessive pursuit of material goods.
4. Sloth: excessive laziness or the failure to act and utilize one’s talents.
5. Wrath: strong anger and hate towards another person.
6. Envy: the intense desire to have an item that someone else possesses.
7. Pride: an excessive view of one’s self without regard for others. The Bible says the following in Jeremiah 9:23-24, “…Let not the mighty man boast of his might…but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me…”