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DECIPHERING DENNIS.(Brief Article)

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Date: 20000925
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Our weekly service: During the Sept. 25, Monday Night Football game, Dennis Miller, the comedian/philosopher said: "Like Dante's Inferno, what you get in the Inferno is what you did in life. Of course, I was referring to Dante Lavelli."

Of course. Dante Alighieri's (1265-1321) Divine Comedy posits that one's fate in the afterlife reflects one's life in the here and now. So right on, Dennis. (The other Dante played for the Cleveland Browns.)

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