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True love waits in haunted attics
I've heard this question a good deal, and undoubtly it is one for many Christians who are seeking to write.
So far as I see it, writing is not religious though the writer may be religious; in the same way, a band may not be religious, but may be composed of religious people. The point of writing fiction is to present a world, and for the author to press something to readers to think of. With this in mind, and the reality of how miserable (and luminously beautiful) this world is, there should be no limit to your presentation, so long as your intention is to do good, which isn't hard at all. Some of the nastiest movies and books have wonderful endings that reveal an excellent and necessary intention by the author or writer. You should feel free to present a world of debauchery, bad language, agitation, hedonism, what have you -- so long as there is an end to it. And people tend to relate better to realistic stories -- that is, stories with nastiness in them -- than they do stories that are pretty and idealistic. So long as there is an end and intention throughout that the author sustains, whether it be presenting a single protagonist who is Christ-like, or what have you, you are doing God's will, even in writing.
So far as I see it, writing is not religious though the writer may be religious; in the same way, a band may not be religious, but may be composed of religious people. The point of writing fiction is to present a world, and for the author to press something to readers to think of. With this in mind, and the reality of how miserable (and luminously beautiful) this world is, there should be no limit to your presentation, so long as your intention is to do good, which isn't hard at all. Some of the nastiest movies and books have wonderful endings that reveal an excellent and necessary intention by the author or writer. You should feel free to present a world of debauchery, bad language, agitation, hedonism, what have you -- so long as there is an end to it. And people tend to relate better to realistic stories -- that is, stories with nastiness in them -- than they do stories that are pretty and idealistic. So long as there is an end and intention throughout that the author sustains, whether it be presenting a single protagonist who is Christ-like, or what have you, you are doing God's will, even in writing.
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True love waits in haunted attics
And we need more realistic stories by religious people -- that is, people who should have preferable ways of living, or values that are admirable or that promote excellence in the universe. As C.S. Lewis has said, it is up to us, the laymen, to change the world, not the clergy. Writing a Christian book to a Christian audience is doing nothing in comparison with writing a book that all can relate to -- for we are human beings first, Christians second -- and draw a moral from, and feel liberation from.
That is how I see it, anyways.
That is how I see it, anyways.
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The Lotus said:
Yes. Anything that does not glorify God. And I'm not saying you ought to just write about "Christian stuff". Even writing "religious" stuff that fails to honor Him is a no-no. Oh, and by the way, if a Christian writer won't write about sex, I'd have to wonder if his head is on straight. It's because Christians don't write enough about sex (and when they do, it's usually to tell us how bad it is, or what to stay away from) that pagans have hijacked society's sexuality. We can write about sex in a way that honors God. I'm not saying to describe a sexual encounter or anything, but... well, read Song of Solomon and some of the other steamy parts of the Bible, and you'll see what I mean.
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The Lotus said:
That's probably a good idea. I'm 19 and I still don't know if I'm ready for it.
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I would agree that a Christian can write about anything, we just need to be careful how we do it. (Keeping in mind that we can write about something without getting into all the "gory" details...)
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artybloke
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Fledge said:
Quite agree. We should write about things the best and most honest way we can. If we start putting restrictions on what we can and cannot write about, or on how we write something (how many "gory details" we go into etc.) we might as well give up.
I would rather read an honest account of a situation that moves me and enlightens me than one that avoids the gory bits because it might disturb some readers.
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