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keyblader1985 posted...

Foppe posted...

Why is Jesus Christ always the good guy?
He would be so much cooler if he used his power for evil and fought his father.

Or, Jesus is good.. but God is evil.

A battle against a tyrannical all-creator seems a little less hopeless with the second most powerful being on your side.

Not exactly what you're describing, but here's a relatively famous book that's existed for decades where God is basically an asshole, Satan is basically the hero of the piece, and Jesus is pretty much the closest thing you have to a villain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Reign_in_Hell



slacker03150 posted...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SatanIsGood

Was thinking about posting something along those lines.



wolfy42 posted...

I never could get through the golden compass (book or movie). I have tried multiple times. Sounds like it might get better, if only I could make it that far.

I could never get into it, because it always felt like the author was trying so hard to write an "anti-Narnia" that could basically be anti-religious atheist fantasy that it makes him come across like kind of a bitter asshole, and it kind of soils it for me.

It basically leaves me going "I get it, emo teen. You don't like Christianity. You're sooooo edgy!"

And I say that as someone who isn't actually religious, and who has had no problem with other stories in the past that were arguably coming from a similar point-of-view. I feel like I could have enjoyed it more if Pullman was actually a better writer, or even remotely capable of subtlety. Metaphor and satire loses its effectiveness if the author is constantly hitting you with it like a massive hammer to the face.


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