.....Do any of y'all read Christian Fiction? The Genre has grown expotentially the last couple decades; and in my opinion, much of it is quite good. If you don't believe, you can, nonetheless, read it as pure Phantasy;SF; Romance; Action/Adventure; whatever; (It's an eclectic genre.)
.....Consider Jenkin and LeHaye's best-selling "Left Behind" series. Opinions may vary; but I'd say that even for someone who believes in a Pre-Tribulation; Pre-Millenial Rapture- as in fact, I do- would nonetheless, class the series as Phantasy. It has not happened YET; it involves forces and beings that aren't (Generally) visible today; and Jenkin and LeHaye almost certainly have not avoided some minor errors as to just exaclty how things will unfold. Biblical scholars argue vociferously about some of the minor details
.....Be all that as it may. I've never tried to write any Christian Fiction. I Certainly hope that my stories are Christian Friendly- but that isn't quite the same thing.
.....Be all that as it may. I have two Novels in progress; and I occasionally feel the urge to do a short story- plus I make multiple daily posts on about a dozen Forums. Yet, I'm starting to plot out a Christian Fiction story.
.....It will be unique so far as I know, because I want to do a first person narrative by a Vampire; and yet keep it Christian Fiction.
.....A few words of explaination: Fundamentalist Christianity would seem to rule out Vampirism(It certainly rules out ghosts. Dead souls go straight to heaven; or hell- period. However many demons try to impersonate the dead; and lead folks astrtay...)
.....Anyway, lets just stipulate that there are Vampires. Vampires were always portrayed as having a damned soul. Then "Buffy" came up with the idea that Vampires don't have souls.
.....Not all Fundamentalist believe "Once Saved: Always Safe"(Though they should). However, if one believed OS:AS; it would certainly seem to rule out a saved person becoming a Vampire. Once again, let's specify that it did not.
.....Even people who believe OS:AS tend to lose sight of it sometimes- and sometimes they fall into sin. A Christian who became a Vampire through no fault of his own; might come to the conclusion that he was damned- even though he'd still be under grace. Believing himself damned anyway, he might succumb to some of the bloddy urges of his Vampirism- yet even at his worst; he'd feel something restraining him from the worst depravities. He might be motivated to seek redemption at some point- that's a common Vampire story theme anymore. The epiphany would be when he realized that he didn't need redemption- that he'd never ceased being redeemed.
....Well I,m not sure the story is doable. Any comments?
.....RVM45
.....Consider Jenkin and LeHaye's best-selling "Left Behind" series. Opinions may vary; but I'd say that even for someone who believes in a Pre-Tribulation; Pre-Millenial Rapture- as in fact, I do- would nonetheless, class the series as Phantasy. It has not happened YET; it involves forces and beings that aren't (Generally) visible today; and Jenkin and LeHaye almost certainly have not avoided some minor errors as to just exaclty how things will unfold. Biblical scholars argue vociferously about some of the minor details
.....Be all that as it may. I've never tried to write any Christian Fiction. I Certainly hope that my stories are Christian Friendly- but that isn't quite the same thing.
.....Be all that as it may. I have two Novels in progress; and I occasionally feel the urge to do a short story- plus I make multiple daily posts on about a dozen Forums. Yet, I'm starting to plot out a Christian Fiction story.
.....It will be unique so far as I know, because I want to do a first person narrative by a Vampire; and yet keep it Christian Fiction.
.....A few words of explaination: Fundamentalist Christianity would seem to rule out Vampirism(It certainly rules out ghosts. Dead souls go straight to heaven; or hell- period. However many demons try to impersonate the dead; and lead folks astrtay...)
.....Anyway, lets just stipulate that there are Vampires. Vampires were always portrayed as having a damned soul. Then "Buffy" came up with the idea that Vampires don't have souls.
.....Not all Fundamentalist believe "Once Saved: Always Safe"(Though they should). However, if one believed OS:AS; it would certainly seem to rule out a saved person becoming a Vampire. Once again, let's specify that it did not.
.....Even people who believe OS:AS tend to lose sight of it sometimes- and sometimes they fall into sin. A Christian who became a Vampire through no fault of his own; might come to the conclusion that he was damned- even though he'd still be under grace. Believing himself damned anyway, he might succumb to some of the bloddy urges of his Vampirism- yet even at his worst; he'd feel something restraining him from the worst depravities. He might be motivated to seek redemption at some point- that's a common Vampire story theme anymore. The epiphany would be when he realized that he didn't need redemption- that he'd never ceased being redeemed.
....Well I,m not sure the story is doable. Any comments?
.....RVM45