RE: What distinguishes a fantasy book from the bible?
July 31, 2011 at 6:32 pm
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2011 at 6:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Maybe we're having a trouble between each others native language here, since you needed fantasy defined for you.
My position is that it is difficult if not impossible to separate the bible from the category of fantasy. I maintain that this is the case, because the bible is in fact, a work of fantasy. The evidence we have been able to amass with regards to the bible, and the god concept in general, lead us to the conclusion that it is a work of fantasy fiction. There is no body of evidence that would lead us to conclude that it is non-fiction. That people find the biblical narrative useful, for whatever reason, does not remove it from the category of fantasy fiction. The faith of those who believe it to be something more than fantasy is only proof of their belief, not proof that it actually is something more than fantasy.
Many posters at this forum are of this opinion, that the bible is a work of fantasy. You, by self identifying as a christian, and defending the bible against the advance of science, have assumed the opposite position. Or have we misread you? Do you instead believe the bible to be fantasy fiction (as we do)? Clear this up for me if I am mistaken in assuming that there is some core part of the bible you treat as fact.
I could muddy the distinction for you further. If I wrote about about wizards, and included my family chili recipe, would it be fair to say, that since my story had a real chili recipe, known to exist, that the book about wizards was not fantasy?
My position is that it is difficult if not impossible to separate the bible from the category of fantasy. I maintain that this is the case, because the bible is in fact, a work of fantasy. The evidence we have been able to amass with regards to the bible, and the god concept in general, lead us to the conclusion that it is a work of fantasy fiction. There is no body of evidence that would lead us to conclude that it is non-fiction. That people find the biblical narrative useful, for whatever reason, does not remove it from the category of fantasy fiction. The faith of those who believe it to be something more than fantasy is only proof of their belief, not proof that it actually is something more than fantasy.
Many posters at this forum are of this opinion, that the bible is a work of fantasy. You, by self identifying as a christian, and defending the bible against the advance of science, have assumed the opposite position. Or have we misread you? Do you instead believe the bible to be fantasy fiction (as we do)? Clear this up for me if I am mistaken in assuming that there is some core part of the bible you treat as fact.
I could muddy the distinction for you further. If I wrote about about wizards, and included my family chili recipe, would it be fair to say, that since my story had a real chili recipe, known to exist, that the book about wizards was not fantasy?
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