Ok well I'm writing a religious satire novel and I want to see what people think about my idea. It's about a girl who writes a collection of stories about a ficticious planet and the people living there, and in a parallel universe, this planet exists, making her their God. The problem? They're all having a massive holy war. Anyway, they manage to find her and bring her to the planet, and of course she's horrified at all the religious extremists doing horrible things in her name. It's sort of my idea of how God would react to the stuff people do in His name all the time, whether it's murder or telling kids their going to hell for what they read. (I'm a massive harry potter fan, can't you tell? :)
So what do you think? Controversial enough? Yes, I know the parallel universe thing is cheesy and overused, but hey, it was the only thing i could think of, work with me here:)
Comments from ANY viewpoint are appreciated!
2007-12-07
07:13:50
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Yes I do discuss agnostics and atheists in my story(in fact one of my favorite characters is an atheist, very funny and smart, and there's a great scene he's in where he makes a speech about justice and mercy) Several charachters are religious moderates and pacifists, including the God-girl herself. I'm not sure what you mean by "does she think she's God". She certainly didn't think she was one for these people when she wrote about them, but she kind of accepts it. She's not God on Earth, just on this other planet. And no, she wasn't born on christmas. She and her best friend, who she based one of her characters on, have the same birthday, June 14th.
2007-12-14
11:25:57 ·
update #1
Oh, yeah, and she does believe in God. There's one part where, when the horrible things she seen done in her name are really getting to her, she laughs softly, looks up at the sky, and says, "I never thought I'd feel sorry for you."
2007-12-14
11:28:11 ·
update #2