Was reading some interesting books, ran across The Gates of Heaven series and then I was in for a shocker as I finished the second book...I'm not religious, nor will I ever be...considering it was just horrifying that I can't believe this person was likening herself to a writer who was TERRIBLE! I'm sorry, I am a huge critic to C.S. Lewis based on the fact that to me, religion has no place in a fantasy world at times, I just don't like incorporating some of it into my writing and it horrifies me that people do it to convert others to a religion that often times is not fair to others.
I have never been a fan of Evangelical Christians because I have always found them to be pushy and rude, sometimes pushing religious beliefs on others without even realizing it. When I was in college, I was sitting reading Eragon and enjoying it when a girl from the dorm I was at asked me why I enjoyed it. I answered that it was fun and I really liked the book and also enjoyed Anime and a few other things. She looked at me in horror and said those things are terrible for a soul and I should repent and come to know Jesus. I was offended and told a Christian friend of mine who was horrified too, he said that in no way should it reflect his religious beliefs and that it was wrong of her to tell me what to do. In fact I pointed her out the next day while waiting for the dorm shuttle and my Christian friend asked her, "How would you feel if I told you that you are wrong?" he actually asked her that and she asked him why he was telling her to stop trying to win converts. I didn't get a conversation until we got to the dorm and he told me that he was actually pissed off at her because she was going off programming from a scam artist who parades as a Christian leader. I was actually thankful he came to back me up.
Honestly, though I will never write my own faith into a book because that's just not right, I don't believe in using Fantasy as a model to talk about Wicca or even Paganism because it is just not a right place to put it in. I will talk about things like the Planor's idea of some philosophies taken out of context and a few other problems that it has. I will never favor one religion over another, that's just rude and wrong. Reading should be about having fun with what you are holding in your hand and I aim to bring the Dragon's Library as part of that idea that you don't need to be religious to understand and enjoy literature.
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