should a christian write sci fi and or fantasy

[jasoncran]

:colorsmile

 

[Gendou Ikari]

:naughty

 

[jasoncran]

:naughty

 

[Gendou Ikari]

Jason, can you separate this into a new thread? It feels so out of place.

 

[jasoncran]

Jason, can you separate this into a new thread? It feels so out of place.

do we really need to discuss this further. i already know where this will go.

i was merely stating why i dont or wont watch potter and other gay things on tv.

at work, i dont care, if i train with them at the gym(i thought we had a transgender but it was a female body builder who projects no feminity) dont care.

but i cant watch or support things that make that stuff normal. perhaps if you want to start a thread elsewhere then i will or move these there. is that what you want?

 

[Gendou Ikari]

do we really need to discuss this further. i already know where this will go.

i was merely stating why i dont or wont watch potter and other gay things on tv.

at work, i dont care, if i train with them at the gym(i thought we had a transgender but it was a female body builder who projects no feminity) dont care.

but i cant watch or support things that make that stuff normal. perhaps if you want to start a thread elsewhere then i will or move these there. is that what you want?

It's cool. I am sure the topic will present itself soon enough in another thread.

 

[jasoncran]

It's cool. I am sure the topic will present itself soon enough in another thread.

i have talked more on gay rights on this forum then elsewhere, so i'm sure it will present itself. but not today

 

[Only1Balto]

I love Star Trek in a technological sense and think that if life were to continue long enough, that- that is eventually how/where we'd end up. Star Trek in a tech sense, (Although science fiction) is more closely related to our own reality than other fictional media which I don't normally like IE Star Wars. Things like cloaking devices, shields, and even warp drive are much closer to happening than what a lot of people think. I guess that's why it interests me so. The inventor of the cell phone got the idea for Capt. Kirk's communicator, in the medical field we now use "hypo-sprays" and even devices like tri-corders. The military has developed a type of shield (although more with energy) and even a device that bends light around an object- cloak. And although never proven physically, warp drive has been deemed possible by many great scientists who've worked the mathematics through and through, we're just waiting for the power plant to be developed.


Also- if anyone has went camping under the stars where there is no light pollution and seen the many MANY stars (Suns) in distant parts of the galaxy- One can't help but consider that each star has their own gravitational pull, which means bodies of planets in orbit like our own, it may seem that there could be life out there... at least one of the planets that orbit one of the hundreds of thousands of stars out there has to support some type of life out there. Although I consider myself to be a Christian, I do also believe in life outside of this world. Can that be possible? I know many believe it cannot...

 

[Rae]

I'd like to write one. Heck I even started on a christian horror fiction dealing with vampirism. The main character wants to seek redemption from what he sees is a curse. Still needs some work.

I'm not the only one who writes horror? I also write fiction.

 

[christianhotspot]

Concerning Harry Potter, I honestly believe that it is a rather dangerous idea for a Christian to mix "witchcraft" into a sci-fi novel, and portray it in a positive light. However similar to Tolkein and Lewis, they painted witchcraft as a "negative" and not something to aspire to. Sci Fi can certainly be written in a way that does not discredit the name of Jesus, but one must be careful, as most Sci Fi verges on New Ageism. I say "go for it" but be careful and prayerfully consider anything you put out on the market. God Bless!

 

[Claudya]

Concerning Harry Potter, I honestly believe that it is a rather dangerous idea for a Christian to mix "witchcraft" into a sci-fi novel, and portray it in a positive light. However similar to Tolkein and Lewis, they painted witchcraft as a "negative" and not something to aspire to.

Don't the good guys in LotR use magic (=withcraft), too? The elves use magic, Gandalf uses magic, and maybe others I forgot.
How is that different from magic use in Harry Potter?

 

[farouk]

Don't the good guys in LotR use magic (=withcraft), too? The elves use magic, Gandalf uses magic, and maybe others I forgot.
How is that different from magic use in Harry Potter?

C S Lewis uses fantasy, and a favorite book of his was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I'm not into Lewis, but I don't condemn him, either.

 

[jahjahwarrior]

I find it extremely hypocritical how some Christians will trash Harry Potter and label it as "morally wrong" because of the black magic and witches, but yet have no problem with Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia even though just like Harry Potter, they too consist of witches and black magic. Harry Potter is nothing more than fiction and not any more better or worse than reading fairy tales. Actual witchcraft and the satanic bible are wrong because they are intended for the purpose of satan worship and involvement with the occult and pagan gods. I highly doubt J.K. Rowling is a satanist or actually encourages young children to tamper with things than can destroy their lives. She's just a woman who has an imagination and a fasciation with fantasy, fiction and fairy tales and decided to write her ideas down on paper solely for the sake of telling a story and nothing more.

 

[Whiteshield]

I like Warhammer 40,000. Hence my name, Whiteshield.

 

[Skillet]

I'm okay with Star Wars and most Disney movies etc. but not really Harry Potter..

About writing it, look at C.S. Lewis! (Author of the Narnia books), He wrote fantasy with a Christian twist to it and look where it got him ;)

 

[evenifigoalone]

I am reading a sci-fi ish trilogy by C. S. Lewis currently. Finished the first book within 6 hours--couldn't put it down!

It's really cool, because it has the same kind of allegorical implications as his Narnia books. It also suggests that if aliens exist, then perhaps they were never in need of salvation because perhaps they were never corrupted in the first place.

I also love Star Wars, including the EU, or expanded universe which are comics and novels that attempt to add to the story and are consider canon. (Until Disney, the new copyright owners of Star Wars, makes that new movie and renders the entire EU non canon, anyway.)
A few years ago, when I was pretty much obsessed with Star Wars, I actually discovered for myself some allegorical implications--this actually helped me to grow closer to God. And Star Wars was definitely not intended to be an allegory--God can use anything.

 

[farouk]

I am reading a sci-fi ish trilogy by C. S. Lewis currently. Finished the first book within 6 hours--couldn't put it down!

It's really cool, because it has the same kind of allegorical implications as his Narnia books. It also suggests that if aliens exist, then perhaps they were never in need of salvation because perhaps they were never corrupted in the first place.

I also love Star Wars, including the EU, or expanded universe which are comics and novels that attempt to add to the story and are consider canon. (Until Disney, the new copyright owners of Star Wars, makes that new movie and renders the entire EU non canon, anyway.)
A few years ago, when I was pretty much obsessed with Star Wars, I actually discovered for myself some allegorical implications--this actually helped me to grow closer to God. And Star Wars was definitely not intended to be an allegory--God can use anything.

[MENTION=89910]questdriven[/MENTION]:

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is also a great alegorical Christian work.

Blessings.

 

[Skillet]

I am reading a sci-fi ish trilogy by C. S. Lewis currently. Finished the first book within 6 hours--couldn't put it down!

It's really cool, because it has the same kind of allegorical implications as his Narnia books. It also suggests that if aliens exist, then perhaps they were never in need of salvation because perhaps they were never corrupted in the first place.

I also love Star Wars, including the EU, or expanded universe which are comics and novels that attempt to add to the story and are consider canon. (Until Disney, the new copyright owners of Star Wars, makes that new movie and renders the entire EU non canon, anyway.)
A few years ago, when I was pretty much obsessed with Star Wars, I actually discovered for myself some allegorical implications--this actually helped me to grow closer to God. And Star Wars was definitely not intended to be an allegory--God can use anything.

Haha awesome! I just started reading the same series by C.S. Lewis, is it called "Out of the silent planet" by any chance? I read some reviews and I heard it's a great book! The Narnia books he wrote are also great!

 

[jasoncran]

I love Star Trek in a technological sense and think that if life were to continue long enough, that- that is eventually how/where we'd end up. Star Trek in a tech sense, (Although science fiction) is more closely related to our own reality than other fictional media which I don't normally like IE Star Wars. Things like cloaking devices, shields, and even warp drive are much closer to happening than what a lot of people think. I guess that's why it interests me so. The inventor of the cell phone got the idea for Capt. Kirk's communicator, in the medical field we now use "hypo-sprays" and even devices like tri-corders. The military has developed a type of shield (although more with energy) and even a device that bends light around an object- cloak. And although never proven physically, warp drive has been deemed possible by many great scientists who've worked the mathematics through and through, we're just waiting for the power plant to be developed.


Also- if anyone has went camping under the stars where there is no light pollution and seen the many MANY stars (Suns) in distant parts of the galaxy- One can't help but consider that each star has their own gravitational pull, which means bodies of planets in orbit like our own, it may seem that there could be life out there... at least one of the planets that orbit one of the hundreds of thousands of stars out there has to support some type of life out there. Although I consider myself to be a Christian, I do also believe in life outside of this world. Can that be possible? I know many believe it cannot...

actually hypo-sprays are no longer in use that used air pressure or another type of gas and that is really old, it was done since ww2 and stopped in 2000. it was stopped due to infections of the area that was administered to.

 

[evenifigoalone]

I am reading a sci-fi ish trilogy by C. S. Lewis currently. Finished the first book within 6 hours--couldn't put it down!

It's really cool, because it has the same kind of allegorical implications as his Narnia books. It also suggests that if aliens exist, then perhaps they were never in need of salvation because perhaps they were never corrupted in the first place.

I also love Star Wars, including the EU, or expanded universe which are comics and novels that attempt to add to the story and are consider canon. (Until Disney, the new copyright owners of Star Wars, makes that new movie and renders the entire EU non canon, anyway.)
A few years ago, when I was pretty much obsessed with Star Wars, I actually discovered for myself some allegorical implications--this actually helped me to grow closer to God. And Star Wars was definitely not intended to be an allegory--God can use anything.

Haha awesome! I just started reading the same series by C.S. Lewis, is it called "Out of the silent planet" by any chance? I read some reviews and I heard it's a great book! The Narnia books he wrote are also great!

Yeah, that's the one. I liked it even more than I liked Narnia.