andysw Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Do you think that fantasies are considered as blaphemis? Link to post Share on other sites
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Author andysw Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 sexual fantasies? Like fantasy storys, games, films, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
LucreziaBorgia Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 In some more restrictive belief systems they are. I know plenty of people around here where I live with their panties in a bunch over stuff like Harry Potter. A few Christian schools here are fairly strict on what the kids can and cannot read/watch/play. I would see that all the time where I work. Parents would come in looking for something for their kids to read, but "not any of that Satan-inspired stuff, ok?" I'd direct them to the kid's and teen's religious fiction section where there are books there that are apparently ok for them to read. Stuff like the Left Behind series for the Jr. set, stuff like that. To each his/her own. I don't care what they read as long as they buy something, I guess. What about you Andy, why do you ask? I see you asking a lot of questions that you also want to be asking your pastor/priest/whatever you call spiritual leaders in your religion, if you are the religious sort looking for guidance. Link to post Share on other sites
JamesM Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Do you think that fantasies are considered as blaphemis? Definition of blasphemy is: the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blasphemy So yes, some fantasy stories would be considered blasphemy. However, one certainly cannot consider all of fantasy fiction to be blasphemy. IMO, very few stories completely fall into that category. If one includes those stories that disavow an acknowledgment in a God, then many more fit in that category. But then this would apply to many many stories of all types of fiction. As an avid reader of such stories in the past, the times that I ran across such ideas did not keep me from a book...unless it became offensively in the way of enjoying the story. Link to post Share on other sites
sally4sara Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Avoiding things that do not support the existence of your god is your right. I would wonder why though. Do you feel your faith is not strong enough to be exposed to these things and still believe? That line of thinking is for children. Example is as a child I was exposed to church. Not believing was never brought up and therefore not an option I explored as a child. As I got older, I was never prohibited in what I read. My mother monitored my viewing of certain things and tried to get all moral high road about music at one point, but it didn't last. I continued believing the dogma of our religion despite loving sci-fi literature and movies well into adulthood. Our religion was (still is for most of my family) Fundamental Baptist. It is a whole lot of fire and brimstone "going to Hell" style of christianity. Despite that being what I was exposed to, I NEVER, not even as a small child before finding sci-fi entertainment, bought into the judgmental hatred, condemnation, no evolution, or women as help-meat ideals. I have a looonnngg memory; I remember things from before I was two years old and I have no memory of believing everything I learned in church. If exposure to certain things could lead a believer away, it would stand to reason that my exposure to the dark side of christianity would lead me to believe these things. I think the funniest thing about my family's faith is that they DID get all fussy about the Harry Potter books and movies and warned me to not let my son know of them, but every year we would all get together to watch The Wizard Of Oz. I recently learned one of my relatives thought I was possessed by the devil as a child because "I knew too much for my age without having been taught to know certain things". Whatever THAT means! Maybe it was the Wizard! Link to post Share on other sites
shadowofman Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Are other denominations of your faith blasphemous? If you believe one particular story of history, then any other story of history such as those offered by other faiths would be considered blasphemy. For instance, the Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Christmas and Easter celebrations are blasphemous because they are pagan holidays. What does the bible say about blasphemy? Link to post Share on other sites
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