tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584986441435970939.post7284090536329314874..comments2023-10-15T06:31:49.268-07:00Comments on JUST THE WRITE CHARISMA: How does your mind work?Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17064541432630743730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584986441435970939.post-88625646311983230902011-05-17T09:44:56.176-07:002011-05-17T09:44:56.176-07:00Techinically, I think the Bible warns against taki...Techinically, I think the Bible warns against taking away from or adding to Revelation, specifically. <br /><br />I, too, think the Word of God should be treated as absolute authority--but there's so much in it--when it comes to the subject of angels, demons, End Times--that's very vague. I think so much of what we cling to regarding what the Scripture says about these topics are, like Linda said, based on commentaries of Scripture, rather than Scripture itself. <br /><br />I know an issue I ran into with "The Strange Man" was the idea of demons taking physical form to attack people. One reviewer didn't think this was possible--that it never happened in Scripture. While, no, it didn't, Scripture leads us to believe that demons are fallen angels, and angels appeared all the time in physical form. Logic would dictate it could swing for demons, too. Again, I'm writing speculative fiction and my demons are more B-movie allegory to the very real struggles we face, but still :p<br /><br />Good post.Greg Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631434183155875197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584986441435970939.post-18420318473706176612011-05-16T13:18:00.498-07:002011-05-16T13:18:00.498-07:00I'm one of those Christians who believe we mus...I'm one of those Christians who believe we must handle the Word of God carefully. God warns about adding to and taking away from His word. That said, you write speculative fiction -- it's make believe. It's pretend. Just like any fictional work (mine included). It's not meant to replace Scripture. So I don't have a problem with it.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17064541432630743730noreply@blogger.com