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To: nickcarraway
Michael Weingrad's famous essay -- Why There Is No Jewish Narnia -- theorizes that Science Fiction is Jewish, Fantasy is Christian. A very interesting read.

To put it crudely, if Christianity is a fantasy religion, then Judaism is a science fiction religion. If the former is individualistic, magical, and salvationist, the latter is collective, technical, and this-worldly.

That said, this Catholic never much cared for fantasy. Trolls, elves, dragons, and wizards all seemed silly to me.

38 posted on 10/30/2022 12:28:04 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97
To put it crudely, if Christianity is a fantasy religion, then Judaism is a science fiction religion. If the former is individualistic, magical, and salvationist, the latter is collective, technical, and this-worldly.

That doesn't sound right. First of all, sacramental Xianity is very collectivist. And second, there's plenty of miracles, supernaturalism, and (while magic is forbidden) qabbalah in Judaism. And as for "this worldly?" This guy seems to have never heard of ha`olam haba'.

57 posted on 10/30/2022 8:28:40 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ)
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