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To: discostu

That's sad... I've known a lot of geeks who think that all Christians think their hobbies evil. I've found it's a better witness to be going to opening night of "Star Wars" with them, and also living my Christianity out daily, than to stand on the street corner and thrown Scripture at them.

But I've been called not-Christian by some Christian folk who think that fantasy or science fiction are inherently evil. That imagination is evil, maybe.


104 posted on 07/13/2005 8:58:00 AM PDT by JenB (I solemnly swear I am up to no good.)
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To: JenB

Unfortunately it's the condemners who have the loudest voices and get all the press. That is the better witnessing, it's what brought me back into the fold, knowing someone who had integrated the two halves of their life into one whole and understood the BS that comes from he condemners and managed to reject it without crisis is what taught me there was no real conflict.

I think their primary problem is a lack of self confidence. They aren't assured enough of themselves to be able to say "I don't enjoy that because I don't enjoy it", they have to have a reason for it and it needs to be a big reason, an unasailable reason, so they reach for the Bible grab a couple passages and then say "I don't enjoy that because it's evil".


116 posted on 07/13/2005 9:12:22 AM PDT by discostu (The dude abides)
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To: JenB

***folk who think that fantasy or science fiction are inherently evil. That imagination is evil, maybe.***

See #23


140 posted on 07/13/2005 9:50:52 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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