The Celestial Railroad

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We've been talking about John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress", and I wanted to share a great new take on it I discovered recently. 

It's by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and it is called "The Celestial Railroad''. It is only about 20 pages long, and it is profound in content. it is basically a survey of Christianity in the 1800's, It is a parody of "The Pilgrim's Progress" except everything is modernized. Pilgrims can now take a railroad and make a carefree journey to the Celestial City. He apparently wrote it to attack the Unitarian and Transcendentalist beliefs of his time. It is a fascinating read, and it almost reminds me of "The Scroll Saga" which I have blogged about earlier (The Scroll Saga) It shows the ways the Devil can invade the soul and create a false Christianity that will ultimately send you to hell.  Here is a link to read the whole thing for yourself:

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