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Saw this at the Sistine Chapel last week - Michelangelo's view of how you get sorted out:



Rise from the left. Angels of the last judgment in the lower middle have the lists - those that lived well (small book), those that did not (large book). Jesus in this painting is pissed off - His mother, Mary, looks away. St. Lawrence and St. Bartholomew are aghast as well. As far as getting to Hell is concerned, Charon has carried the damned souls across the Acheron and is driving them from the boat; some jump out to get the party started. St. Bart is holding a skin which is a self portrait of Michelangelo (I like that). And Mr. Mike's big critic, Biagio da Cesena, gets portrayed as Minos in the lower right hand corner - revenge over almost 500 years. I liked that part about Michelangelo as well. You'll also notice a huge face (skull) as the image. Amazing work. And the church has someone come along and paint over all of the genitalia (As well as knock them off all the statues - somewhere in the Vatican is a box full of statue Junk).
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