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Does Fantasy “Tinker with Contemptible Imitations of God’s Power”?

Started by goodwordediting · 9 months ago

If you haven’t read George Barna’s research summary for the year, he has some interesting conclusions. And by interesting, I mean wacky.*
Take this one: New Research Explores Teenage Views and Behavior Regarding the Supernatural.Reminds me of my old days at the Chur ... Continue reading »

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  • Ted Gossard

    2 years ago

    Mark, I agree. We need far more sanctified imagination that is free to roam the world of fantasy. Even Scripture, to some extent, arguably (and I think it does) does the same. In the apocalyptic stuff from Zehariah, etc.

    I am afraid also that this obsession can blind us to the real dangers of occultism, that though not common place, are nevertheless present and indulged.
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  • Marcus

    2 years ago

    Ted, thanks for the comment. After I posted this I worried that it was too, um, snarky or something.

    Interesting idea to think about apocalyptic literature as a kind of fantasy. It's a dangerous way to talk in CBA circles though. Most people misunderstand what we mean by fantasy. (I have to be careful when I'm talking about C. S. Lewis's take on myth, too.)

    As for occultism... I had many students that dabbled in the occult with disastrous results--because heavy drug use was often involved.
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  • Laurie

    2 years ago

    This is why I'm often wary of surveys--even those done by Christian groups. It's too easy to slant the results and use them to bolster up a preconceived idea! And for the record, we do read Harry Potter, although I felt a few twinges of uncertainty at times, trying to explain to my daughter why I thought it was ok.
    Thanks for your comment on my "First Lines" post. I just saw it tonight.
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  • Marcus

    2 years ago

    Laurie, thanks for the comment. I still wish I had bought that game I mentioned on your blog. Oh well.

    I read Harry Potter too. I even went to see Eragon (Never got the memo that it isn't so good.) I read Neil Gaiman, but I wouldn't read that to my kids.

    My daughter and I enjoy the Magic Tree House books--and they have all sorts of "good magic" vs. "evil magic" stuff. She knows it isn't real.

    I think fantasy is very important to some kids, as long as they know that kind of magic isn't real. Neither are superheroes. Neither are talking animals. Neither are the technological edens we find in science fiction.
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