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« on: August 23, 2011, 04:24:31 PM »

Whats the big deal?

I think Hell piques my interest more to be honest.
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2011, 04:27:56 PM »

Whats the big deal?

I think Hell piques my interest more to be honest.

Are you interested in Hell or the avoidance thereof?

I always figured that obsession with Heaven was the point of the whole thing!
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 04:28:03 PM »

Whats the big deal?

I think Hell piques my interest more to be honest.

Did you read the third part of the trilogy you quote in your signature?
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2011, 05:18:04 PM »

Whats the big deal?

I think Hell piques my interest more to be honest.
Why is that?
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