Oh, well I'm doomed

[patgund]

Beware of Science Fiction

"Science fiction takes the reader into a strange world without God. Oh, there might be “a god,” a “force,” but it is definitely not the God of the Bible, and the prominent names in this field are atheists.

Take CARL SAGAN, for example. His best-selling sci-fi novel Contact was made into a movie. Sagan was one of the high priests of atheistic evolution. In his novel he has the main character debating two preachers and saying, “There is no compelling evidence that God exists.” In 1997 Sagan said, “I share the view of a hero of mine, Albert Einstein: ‘I cannot conceive of a god who rewards and punishes his creatures or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I--nor would I want to--conceive of an individual that survives his physical death. Let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egotism, cherish such thoughts’” (Parade, March 10, 1997).

Consider another prominent name in Sci-Fi, ISAAC ASIMOV. (shown above) In a 1982 interview he said, “Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don’t have the evidence to prove that God doesn’t exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn’t that I don’t want to waste my time” (Paul Kurtz, “An Interview with Isaac Asimov on Science and the Bible,” Free Inquiry, Spring 1982, p. 9).

Consider ROBERT HEINLEIN, called “the dean of science fiction writers.” He rejected the Bible and promoted “free sex.” His book “Stranger in a Strange Land” is considered “the unofficial bible of the hippie movement.” Heinlein was a nudist and practiced “polyamory.” He promoted agnosticism in his sci-fi books."

You know, I've been wondering for a long, long, long time just why we haven't seen a "Chick Tract" or anything like that against SF/F. Gaming, yes. But we haven't seen anything else.

Then again, I suspect a lot of the types who would come up with things like this would instantly dissolve upon entry to a Con.........

Comments

[mama-hogswatch.livejournal.com]

Welp, you know, I DID lose the faith pretty soon after getting into Heinlein.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

When I was about 11 or 12 or so, the girlfriend of one of my older brothers noticed I was reading Heinlein's juveniles.

So she loaned me "Stranger" and "I will Fear no Evil"

That might explain a lot about how I turned out.....

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

Hm, maybe if I hadn't started reading Heinlein at 8-1/2, I might have turned into a good little well-behaved Christian boy. Or maybe not.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

And what was I reading at that age??

Oh, right, Heinlein's juveniles. And the Oz books.

Though I don't think there's any anti-Christian themes in Paddington ...

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

Oh my, well, I guess I'm just another Heinleinist then...

(BTW, was that an excerpt or did the author also include Elron Hubbard, the great antichrist?? (LOL))

[lapiskelinia.livejournal.com]

Ok, now I'm imagining Chick Tracts for Anime conventions, AND I WANT!

[silkensteel.livejournal.com]

You don't need to parody Chick Tracts. You simply need to perform them on stage.

"Tiny Shoes."

[seticat.livejournal.com]

If this is true, than I was probably doomed in infancy...