Ok, I'm going to dance with death here (quite literally!). What do you guys think about zombies? I know, weird question, right? But seriously, the Bible doesn't talk about zombies, or anything like them; however they have become a popular topic in our culture today. But anyhow, here's my question: should Christians write about zombies?
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We could also use Zombies as a metaphor.
Kinda late adding my two cents to this topic. I watch The Walking Dead on TV. And am a fan (Until they killed off the character Andrea that is smile) The original idea came from George Romero from back in 1969 with his movie, "Night of The Living Dead" he was inspired by the original book "I am Legend" that told the story of everyone on earth turning into Vampires and only one living being left on planet earth. So Mr. Romero thought why not dead people who come back and eat the living? And from that, came a slew of zombie movies and they all deal around the Apocalypse.
We Christians know how the world is really going to end up through Revelations which is scary enough. Might I suggest a story about what it's like to live in a Post Rapture world. Where you are hunted down and killed for being a Christian, where they have these Human Hybrid demons Kinda like Terminators in the movies who hunt down Christians because the Leader of the Free World, (Anti-Christ) see's them as a threat. And you can go through the Nuclear Wars, the 2 witnesses, the attacks on Israel, the 144,000 as the people struggle to wait for the return of Messiah Jesus and trying to survive at the same time...My two cents worth
Saw Brad Pitts World War Z, didn't like it at all.
I'm with Jotham on this one. Artists, writers, poets, musicians who are Christ followers tend to think outside the box in the first place. Its really in our nature to question everything as if it were possible or impossible. I remember reading the Chronicles of Narnia, and the Lord of the Rings series for the first time. I actually took heat from other Christians because they said that Christian fantasy was unbiblical. Now mind you I was a strong willed and plain spoken young woman so I didn't suffer that criticism lightly. (I had some very rigid people in my life at the time and it was really stressful) I stopped reading Christian fiction and went straight to Edgar A. Poe. That went over like a lead balloon. I remember thinking, Tolkien and Lewis were great men of God and thinkers whom you are pleased to quote on other occasions when it suits you... why would you not accept their works of fiction? I guess they believed that God allowed these men to be of two minds? A split in the mind between the creative genius and the Bible scholar? Believe me when I say to you, I was one confused young woman. It did however, teach me something very important. Do not EVER stop asking the questions. God gave the arts to man, in fact he set artisans aside to create his tabernacle! God gave them specific instructions of course, but when it comes to imagination we must continue to ask these kinds of questions or see art made by those who are Christ followers shrivel up and die. We do not have to follow a parallel track to the worldly artists, as some are wont to do, we do what is right in front of us. Every day that God puts a question in your heart is another day where you will grow in all aspects. Then do not hide that light under a bushel but let it shine.
It's good that Mr. Lintz brought up the fact that, just because something is not in the Bible or not real, doesn't mean it can't be a good story element or that we can't think Biblically about it. I'm not just talking about metaphor or allegory, either. I'm talking about zombies as, like Lintz said, a "real-life current world problem".
I think Ian's question in this thread is a good supplement to the superpower origins thread and asks a similar question. I might start a couple more threads because I think this is only part of a larger question about the intersection between fiction and Christian belief, practice and character.
I think zombies are a really rich example, though, and I'm still interested in this thread.
Mr. Lintz, I think difficulty is probably one of the biggest reasons people have any interest in fiction, or nonfiction for that matter. It's why I watch television or read books. If zombies can make that happen, then use zombies!
The best stories come from characters finding themselves in difficult situations and working through them. Any story that we create should have that as a core component. With a Christian worldview, our characters should use their faith to guide them through their situations.
The authors of the Bible, inspired by God as they were, could have never imagined a world with the problems we now have. We struggle now with the moral issues surrounding wars fought by drones, sexting, robbery and theft at the push of a computer button, cyberbullying, and dozens of other things. Yet even with these new problems, we still look to God's Word for ways we can overcome. Now back to zombies :)
Even though something may not have been perceived by Biblical scribes (zombies, alien invasions, time travel, computer hacking) those are situations where we can place our characters. The wisdom of God's Word which carries us through our real-life current world problems will apply to our characters' problems, even if they aren't listed in the Bible.
It seems you are having a sort of personal conflict here. Allow me to direct your attention to Matthew 18:15:
"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother."
It is between the two of you. Resolve it in private.
Calvary Comics said:
This is what a thread like this is good for.
Kevin D. Lintz said:
No, he's content to be smug with his pithy retort. That is neither Christ-honoring nor edifying to fellow believers, nor to himself, but rather defiling to self.
Ian Wilson said:
You'd honestly rather talk about zombies than what we were discussing, the things of God? Truly?
Alec
Jotham David Parker said:
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