Comments on The Lost Genre Guild: The First Fantasy of the Bible

Great post, Adam. We've tossed around using parabl...

2006-10-04T13:07:00.000-06:00

Great post, Adam. We've tossed around using parables as a justification for fiction writing a few times and this works to bring it into an even stronger light. The power is in the story and naysayers may nit-pick at the choice of genre, but that doesn't make the story any less powerful.

Great Article Adam:I had forgotten that Jotham tol...

2006-09-29T10:51:00.000-06:00

Great Article Adam:

I had forgotten that Jotham told the first fable. May the stories we write be remembered and used for the cause of Christ.

Blessings,

Virginia

You make several good points, Adam.I think storyte...

2006-09-29T04:37:00.000-06:00

You make several good points, Adam.

I think storytelling has historically and is currently used to make a point of some kind. A message from the teller to the hearer. Most times in story telling, the point is subtle. So what's the point of Christian speculative fiction? I'd say the #1 point is to help people see God's truth.

Donna Sundblad
Inspired Author Fantasy Topic Editor

That's a new thought. Thanks!I found this through ...

2006-09-28T15:13:00.000-06:00

That's a new thought. Thanks!

I found this through the Christian Carnival.

Jesus also used factual events in parables. Consi...

2006-09-27T17:02:00.000-06:00

Jesus also used factual events in parables. Consider this parable in Matthew 12:39-41. "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here."

Even factual events can be used as parables. Reme...

2006-09-27T17:00:00.000-06:00

Even factual events can be used as parables. Remember Jesus talking to the Pharisees? There was this discussion about having Jesus give them a sign. He answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here." Matt. 12:39-41 In this instance the parable looks backwards as well as forwards, something for you time travellers to think about ;-)

Adam--While you've done an admirable job here, tho...

2006-09-27T06:13:00.000-06:00

Adam--
While you've done an admirable job here, those who've already made-up their minds (that fantasy is evil), will have adjusted their legalistic blinders long before your comments.
They'll ignore the fact that setting and race defines spec-fic.
A botanical world with garden-variety characters?
Mere symbolism.
Stubborn fingers plug ears and hymns are hummed.
Fiction, these days, has a variety of pharisaical definitions.
Faith,
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awesome, Adam. Your biblical arguments for spec-fi...

2006-09-26T20:41:00.000-06:00

awesome, Adam. Your biblical arguments for spec-fic are air tight.

Excellent article, Adam!

2006-09-26T19:26:00.000-06:00

Excellent article, Adam!