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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Five SFF Stories About Hell and Damnation
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 23:10:56 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:13:20 -0700, Paul S Person
><psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>I'm told CS Lewis's 'The Great Divorce' may count.
>>>Of course, the final Narnia book has scenes in a Narnian Heaven.
>>
>>I'm not sure it is a Narnian Heaven. Although it is entered from
>>Narnia, I've always thought of it as just "Heaven", reachable from
>>anywhere (by those who do reach it).
>
>Agreed - though Lewis later wrote that not all the characters from the
>Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe made it to heaven (Susan notably)
>mostly to express Lewis' view that heaven is not guaranteed,
>especially if one doesn't "keep the faith"

Which is a pretty common view, actually.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"