Writers: if you're not Judeo-Christian, chances are you suck.

[thesummerqueen]

lulz.

http://mikeduran.com/2012/01/why-a-judeo...d-fiction/

[frankiej]

Haha, quite amusing.

[thesummerqueen]

Homer must be PISSED right now.

[Rev. Rye]

So, basically, the Sci-Fi of Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Iain Banks, Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Anton Wilson, and H.G. Wells, some of the most influential authors of the genre are totally devoid of merit?

And if I didn't feel constrained by the genre, there's also Margret Atwood, Jorge Luis Borges, Charles Bukowski, Umberto Eco, George Eliot, E.M. Forster,Mark Haddon, Michel Houellebecq, Victor Hugo, Steig Larsson, D.H. Lawrence, Nahgib Mahfouz, Somerset Maugham, Arthur Miller, George Orwell, Philip Pullman, Thomas Pynchon, Salman Rushdie, Jean-Paul Sartre, Rod Serling, Lemony Snicket, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Voltaire, and Kurt Vonnegut. And that's just a list of non-Judeo-Christian fiction writers I'm somewhat familiar with!

[thesummerqueen]

Philip Pullman and Umberto Eco don't count, Rye - they framed their stories in religious context (The Name of the Rose and His Dark Materials). Geez...get it straight.

[Minimalist]

Whether it was Klingons or Imperial stormtroopers, the anti-American archetypes abounded.

And now - we have become the Romulans.

[Rev. Rye]

Philip Pullman and Umberto Eco don't count, Rye - they framed their stories in religious context (The Name of the Rose and His Dark Materials). Geez...get it straight.

They do, in fact, count, because, if I'm reading the article right, Mike Duran (the author) seems to consider it impossible that one can frame stories in a religious context without embracing the "Judeo-Christian worldview" wholeheartedly. Quite possibly, with this in mind, those two are more relevant than any of the other non sci-fi authors.

[kılıç_mehmet]

I must admit that fiction that is based wholly or partially on judeochristian mythology, theology or whatever are really nice, but obviously, it's not necessary.
For example, Conan, which was based on the barbarians of the antique and middle ages.

[thesummerqueen]

I'm teasing - I haven't read through the comments where my boy Josh is fighting the good fight to clarify what this nutter is on about. He posted this to a few of us on Skeptalk right before I went to class yesterday.

[Doubting Thomas]

In a way, he is partially correct if your intended audience is American (because there are so many Christians here), since if you write with a slight religious bent or hidden religious meaning the books might sell better to those who like seeing their favorite delusion in a different setting.

However, to say that you have to have a religious worldview to be a successful author is just plain stupid.