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What distinguishes a fantasy book from the bible?

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What distinguishes a fantasy book from the bible?
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RE: What distinguishes a fantasy book from the bible?
July 30, 2011 at 8:58 am
(July 29, 2011 at 3:11 am)MilesTailsPrower Wrote: One thing I've never understood is how people took the bible so literally to where it became a belief and all the stuff that transpired in the book was real. What distinguishes the bible from any other fantasy book ever made, was it just blind faith? Or the need to have something good happen to them after they die.

Fantasy books don't often promise the reader immortality if they believe Gandalf is their lord and savoir. Then again, not many people who read Tolkein are stupid enough to believe the words on the pages represent reality.
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RE: What distinguishes a fantasy book from the bible? - by theVOID - July 30, 2011 at 8:58 am

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