Religion is a huge topic in some of my books. However, I think a reason why I love Fantasy and creating my own world when I write stories centered about religion is that I can create something entirely new, and I don’t have to write about existing religions.
All the time, I see people trashing Christianity and their beliefs or customs in books, no matter the genre. However I see no trashing of other religions in any books (I’m sure there are, I just haven’t picked up any that do). I cringe a little bit when I see characters insulting God, specially when the author isn’t Christian, because I just find it... disrespectful to a very large part of the audience of that book? I completely get it when a character is doing it because that character is atheist or whatever, but when it’s obvious that it’s the author’s opinion it’s awfully jarring.
Whether it be towards Christianity or Judaism or Islam or Hinduism or any other religion... how do you feel about disrespect towards religious people and their beliefs in books when it is completely uncalled for?
I love my fake made-up gods because characters can be as blasphemous as they want and I won’t be insulting any of my readers. If I want my audience to cringe, I don’t want it to be because I insulted an important life of their life.
All the time, I see people trashing Christianity and their beliefs or customs in books, no matter the genre. However I see no trashing of other religions in any books (I’m sure there are, I just haven’t picked up any that do). I cringe a little bit when I see characters insulting God, specially when the author isn’t Christian, because I just find it... disrespectful to a very large part of the audience of that book? I completely get it when a character is doing it because that character is atheist or whatever, but when it’s obvious that it’s the author’s opinion it’s awfully jarring.
Whether it be towards Christianity or Judaism or Islam or Hinduism or any other religion... how do you feel about disrespect towards religious people and their beliefs in books when it is completely uncalled for?
I love my fake made-up gods because characters can be as blasphemous as they want and I won’t be insulting any of my readers. If I want my audience to cringe, I don’t want it to be because I insulted an important life of their life.