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D&D: I'm struggling to write Fantasy as a Christian
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<blockquote data-quote="royal priest" data-source="post: 73158426" data-attributes="member: 381935"><p>The difficulty with writing fiction, in general, is the responsibility of the writer to do so in such as way as to 'the glory of God' (1 Corinthians 10:31) </p><p>When dealing with non-fiction, some Christian writers have accomplished this by bringing out the historical-redemptive purposes of God through the events which have taken place. In this way, they have succeeded (in so far they are biblically sound) to mimic the narrative portions of the Bible.</p><p>'Fantasy' fiction introduces another level of difficulty (beyond normal fiction) in that it portrays experiences which are, to some degree, far removed from reality. </p><p>The world of D&D presents an even greater difficulty to the task of glorifying the only true God because it is a world filled with worship of strange deities which is a sin. So, the big question is this: does this material promote paganism, and mysticism? Is it right to promote the idea that you can 'play' with gods and goddesses?"</p><p>You could leave those elements out, but then you've created an atheist world which might be better than promoting idolatry. Either way, you're fictionalizing real sin and making a game out of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royal priest, post: 73158426, member: 381935"] The difficulty with writing fiction, in general, is the responsibility of the writer to do so in such as way as to 'the glory of God' (1 Corinthians 10:31) When dealing with non-fiction, some Christian writers have accomplished this by bringing out the historical-redemptive purposes of God through the events which have taken place. In this way, they have succeeded (in so far they are biblically sound) to mimic the narrative portions of the Bible. 'Fantasy' fiction introduces another level of difficulty (beyond normal fiction) in that it portrays experiences which are, to some degree, far removed from reality. The world of D&D presents an even greater difficulty to the task of glorifying the only true God because it is a world filled with worship of strange deities which is a sin. So, the big question is this: does this material promote paganism, and mysticism? Is it right to promote the idea that you can 'play' with gods and goddesses?" You could leave those elements out, but then you've created an atheist world which might be better than promoting idolatry. Either way, you're fictionalizing real sin and making a game out of it. [/QUOTE]
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