So obviously paradise (heaven) is the place to be, but besides that, I'm gonna take my chances in Limbo.
Think of all the amazing minds that live in Limbo. Aristotle, Plato, all the various poets. These are all brilliant minds. I think it would be absolutely fascinating to pick their brains for eternity, and then I could give them some knowledge from the future. I could explain all the things that happened over the past 2000 years and these brilliant minds would think of me as a genius. And besides, we would live in a castle, imagine conversing with Plato over dinner while in a castle. That sounds pretty cool to me.
But then again heaven sounds nice too.
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Limbo does seem kind of cool, but I personally would not want to be there for eternity. One, it is considered the first circle of Hell. While it not as bad as the other circles and the people there are not tormented like the futiles in the Vestibule, people in Limbo grieve because they must live eternally without hope of God's grace. Two, I admit that it would be fascinating to chill with figures from the past like the Aristotle, Socrates, Plato; Aeneas, Lavinia, and other characters from the Aeneid; Euclid and Ptolemy and many others. This however would get old really fast and would become very boring. Also, the present darkness and shadows would get depressing. It seems like there is nothing pleasurable to do there, unlike in heaven where you are able to experience a paradise and pursue whatever you want. If you were in heaven, you would know the answers to everything anyway. Therefore, there is no need to hear it from the philosophers and scholars from the past. I would rather talk with God than all those other people. While it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing to be in Limbo (definitely better than the other circles), one should aspire to make it to heaven where you can do or know anything you desire.
I agree that limbo is certainly not bad but still not as desirable as heaven. However, I am not sure how easily you would be able to find and interact with the famous philosophers and poets. Think about how many people would be in limbo out of an estimated 100 billion people to ever live on earth (source: https://www.prb.org/howmanypeoplehaveeverlivedonearth/). Considering that about half of those people were born before Christ, meaning that half of the population were ineligible to enter Paradise, many of the people that did nothing wrong would find themselves in Limbo. I think that the famous historical figures in limbo would either be very hard to find or so many people would want to talk to them that it will take a very long time to see them. I guess that one with the desire could eventually talk to them. After all, they only have an eternity.
Although I think that it would be pretty nice to spend eternity conversing with the greatest philosophers and poets, I have to agree with Sam that I think it would be a tough time to actually find them. With as many people who have died throughout time, I could only imagine how difficult it would be to look for and actually find a certain individual in limbo.
On another note, I'd rather hope to end up in purgatory than limbo, as in purgatory you have the chance of getting into heaven.
I was thinking about this myself. Limbo, although considered a part of hell, doesn’t seem all that bad. In fact, it isn’t really bad at all in terms of eternal suffering or punishment. On top of that, many brilliant minds live in limbo and you get to live in a castle! That sounds pretty cool like you say. So, why try to go to heaven in the first place? Well....here’s the thing. Sure, limbo doesn’t have any physical suffering but you have to remember, limbo is still a place of punishment. How so? The people that exist in limbo don’t have any idea how much better they could have it in heaven by seeing and getting to know God. In Dante’s views of heaven and hell, without God, it seems that one lives in emotional turmoil. They won’t ever get to know who God Really is and they will always have something that seems missing to them. In addition to this, if you think about it the castle I think is a representation of materialism. What is materialism? It’s an earthly desire for things. In other words, secularism. They still live in such a way that leaves them wanting. Meanwhile, in heaven, one gets rid of their Earthly desires. They no longer need them. They have Paradise, or Heaven. However, if you’d rather be in Limbo, I’m not stopping you!
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