Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.
~When we invent imaginary worlds, we are playing God.
~Fiction has a powerful capacity to shape our beliefs and our morals.
~You can easily write a story which generates sympathy for anyone, including the most detestable villains.
~Fiction is like an emotional drug which then makes you less and less satisfied with the ordinary experiences of real life.
~Ethics should be based on reality, not on hypothetical examples in a world which God didn’t actually make.
~When you can easily escape your own world by consuming fiction, you become less motivated to change the things about your life which dissatisfy you.
~The Bible says to pay no attention to fables and old wives tales.
~Fiction is highly addictive, and, if we are to not be attached to the real world, how much more should we be not attached to an imaginary one.
~When we invent imaginary worlds, we are playing God.
~Fiction has a powerful capacity to shape our beliefs and our morals.
~You can easily write a story which generates sympathy for anyone, including the most detestable villains.
~Fiction is like an emotional drug which then makes you less and less satisfied with the ordinary experiences of real life.
~Ethics should be based on reality, not on hypothetical examples in a world which God didn’t actually make.
~When you can easily escape your own world by consuming fiction, you become less motivated to change the things about your life which dissatisfy you.
~The Bible says to pay no attention to fables and old wives tales.
~Fiction is highly addictive, and, if we are to not be attached to the real world, how much more should we be not attached to an imaginary one.
~Only God should be the Creator of worlds.
~How does fiction point people toward the Bible?
~Authors of Christian fiction always take some license, and license is just another word for error.
~How does fiction point people toward the Bible?
~Authors of Christian fiction always take some license, and license is just another word for error.
1 comment:
These are very challenging ideas. First, I would say that the "real world out there" is something that each of us constructs, partly from what we take in from our senses, partly from the consensus of the community, and partly from our own mind.
The Lord teaches us through story. The Gospel is a narrative of the life of Jesus. God gives us the capacity to distinguish between history, legend, myth, and fable and we should use this capacity wisely. Jesus at times used stories to teach. Writers also make up stories to make some sort of point. The Christian writer at best writes on universal topics and cannot help infusing them with Christian values. This is not at all either usurping God's creative function nor preaching/proselytising. I have just released a YA novel, Angela 1: Starting Over, in which I try to use the God-given talent responsibly. You the reader will have to judge. If you want to know more, click on my name and follow the link to my website. Also visit my blog and leave a comment if you like, at www.davidabedford.aegauthorblogs.com. Thanks.
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