How far we have fallen
Circle eight is crazy. There are ten consecutive ... ditches, I guess (Virgil calls them bolgias) in this circle, and each one is dedicated to punishing a certain sin. The one that we are currently leaving is the third bolgia, where those have corrupted the things of God.
I hate the people here. Really. They were in the right place to make a difference and instead they threw it away to make an extra buck. Pathetic. I find it fitting that they are doused in flames in a baptism font, for as they made a mockery of God, so they are mocked in return.
Though I’m only three bolgias in, I’m starting to see behind circle eight. These sinners abuse the power of creation to further their selfish goals. We wouldn’t have the ability to create without Him, and yet these souls took the gift and corrupted it. Similar to the suicide forest, but worse. I used to pity the souls in Hell, but now I am starting to see it the way Virgil does: righteous justice.