Religion and Sci-fi

[kalquessa]

Some thinky linkage to start your morning off right:

SF Signal's most recent Mind Meld asks the question "Is Science Fiction Antithetical to Religion?"

Various sci-fi authors weigh in with their answers, including our own johncwright (whom I must thank for the link). Lots of chewy goodness to be had, go and sink your teeth in.

Comments

[mosinging1986]

Linkies no work!

[kalquessa]

Gah, I mangled the html. Thanks for pointing that out, who knows how long it would have taken me to notice. *grin*

[supplyship]

Ooh, chewy goodness! *nom nom nom*

I saw JCW's announcement about joining the Church (w00t!) on SciFiCatholic's blog, but didn't know he had an lj. Nifty!

[kalquessa]

John's LJ is made of win. One day, he'll post this gigantic essay on some aspect of Catholicism or really hard sci-fi, and the next day he'll be posting pictures of Golden Age TV space princesses. It's brilliant.

***Is a big fangirl***

[carbonelle]

. One day, he'll post this gigantic essay on some aspect of Catholicism or really hard sci-fi, and the next day he'll be posting pictures of Golden Age TV space princesses

And sometimes both! At the same time!

[feliciakw]

I'm curious: what is "regilion"?

*smiles sweetly*

[kalquessa]

Oh good grief, someone should stop me from posting before coffee. *grumbles off to fix*

[amberdulen]

Regilion: from the Latin "regis" and the Anglo-French "lion". Refers to the alpha male leader of a pride. See also: Simba, Aslan.

[kalquessa]

I? Love you. The end.

[mosinging1986]

Just started reading.

You can't generalize about this large a field.

What he said. That was exactly my first thought upon seeing the topic.

I agree wholeheartedly with this as well:

You can't just a book by its cover...and you can't necessarily judge an author's (or a field's) religious beliefs by that book's contents.

***

This caught my eye:

In 1984 I wrote a very controversial novel titled The Branch, in which God and the true Jewish Messiah (not Jesus) were the two villains of the piece. The poor producer/director who optioned and made it got excommunicated from his church and thrown out of his country (Andorra)...

I wonder if it's available? I definitely disagree with his being thrown out of the country. As for being excommunicated, I suppose that would depend on the content of the story, as well as the teaching/rules on excommunication, which I am not familiar with. I am definitely curious now.

[jd3000]

The poor producer/director who optioned and made it got excommunicated from his church and thrown out of his country (Andorra)

Honestly, it seems like all you'd need to throw someone out of Andorra would be a firm shove...

-JD

[tree_and_leaf]

Thanks for the link - that was fascinating.