tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275104442398599121.post3055972894264696038..comments2023-08-21T02:23:54.992-05:00Comments on Timothy's Thoughts: Thoughts on Christian FantasyTimothy Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06554064732811895577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275104442398599121.post-74656723106855906432010-04-15T08:22:22.527-05:002010-04-15T08:22:22.527-05:00Nathan,
You make a good point when you say that t...Nathan,<br /><br />You make a good point when you say that those ideas are in everything. When I wrote <i>For the Love of a Devil</i>, one of the things that I tried to be very careful of was that Geoff's love for Heather, his motivation and his way of looking at things didn't change throughout the novel. People and events change around him, forcing him to do different things, but he doesn't change because he is modeled after Hosea. Hosea was told to live a life that modeled God's never changing love for Israel. I felt that it would be untrue to the story if my character were to experience change that resulted in him getting his wife back rather than his wife learning to love him as he was. It isn't fantasy, but it requires just as accurate of a picture of God.Timothy Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554064732811895577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275104442398599121.post-70127342266623662502010-04-14T02:42:17.448-05:002010-04-14T02:42:17.448-05:00Interesting post. It got me thinking. I love fan...Interesting post. It got me thinking. I love fantasy! Always have loved it. I think it can be as effective a tool as parables used in biblical times. <br /><br />Additionally, when you think about stories from the bible, you are overwhelmed by the fantastic, magical occurences surrounding those figures. Moses, Noah, Elijah, and so many others were all at the center of epic stories to top the best fantasy novels of our time. So fantasy can implement the fantastic in order to convey certain ideals, values, and ideas to those who read. <br /><br />What makes fantasy so great to me is the potential power of the genre in the hands of those who really know how to use it, just as a fictional parable from Christ had real changing power when told to those in His time.<br /><br />I agree that it can be equally dangerous when playing with certain ideas, but those ideas are in everything, not just fantasy. Like in all things, it is the good that it can have. Perhaps the definition of magic is changing.Nathan Meidellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872470085935346032noreply@blogger.com