Faith Kindred

I agree. They are probably the exception rather than the rule. 😛

Right, love at first site in American culture usually means two people find each other physically attractive, and that’s it. Whoopdy-doo. How rare this occurrence is. It is truly destiny that has brought you two together! Not. 😛

Right, if the characters are Christian, it would…[Read more]

For my parents, it was love at first sight, and it seems to have worked out pretty well for them. 😛 It depends on if you have a mature and accurate understanding of love. Rebecca agreed to marry Isaac without even seeing him once.

But yeah. I don’t know if I can think of a single love plot that portrayed the way things should be done, at least…[Read more]

Hi Dani! Welcome to the forum!

Living in Alaska sounds so awesome! Have you always lived there?

From your post, I think I must have been sending the message that I think it is wrong to even have a vampire or a zombie in your book, because they are evil. Absolutely the Bible addresses witchcraft and evil— I am not against having those things in my book. But don’t promote evil.

Okay, yes, I did misunderstand you. Sorry about that! I was…[Read more]

Probably not the kind you would like, I have no actual references. But there is the Bible itself. If you’ll recal there is no mention of vampires and zombies. There is, however, verses that talk about not drinking the blood of life (which vampires do.)
Leviticus 17:11 – For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upo…

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Probably not the kind you would like, I have no actual references. But there is the Bible itself. If you’ll recal there is no mention of vampires and zombies. There is, however, verses that talk about not drinking the blood of life (which vampires do.)
Leviticus 17:11 – For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upo…

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Hey, you have some really good points there.
Okay, just for the record, I write fantasy. I definitely write about dragons and elves (at least my own version of elves) and other such magical creatures. But I think we need to be extremely careful about using creatures that are very closely associated with darkness and evil such as vampires and…[Read more]

Reagan, I cannot think of a single example in the Bible where vampires were condemned, but there are several places in the Old Testament (I have forgotten the references— a bad habit of mine) where the eating and drinking of blood is forbidden. I’m not a huge scholar of vampires and therefore maybe I’m missing a key point of what it is to be a vam…

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Reagan, I cannot think of a single example in the Bible where vampires were condemned, but there are several places in the Old Testament (I have forgotten the references— a bad habit of mine) where the eating and drinking of blood is forbidden. I’m not a huge scholar of vampires and therefore maybe I’m missing a key point of what it is to be a vam…

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Reagan, I cannot think of a single example in the Bible where vampires were condemned, but there are several places in the Old Testament (I have forgotten the references— a bad habit of mine) where the eating and drinking of blood is forbidden. I’m not a huge scholar of vampires and therefore maybe I’m missing a key point of what it is to be a vam…

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Reagan, I cannot think of a single example in the Bible where vampires were condemned, but there are several places in the Old Testament (I have forgotten the references— a bad habit of mine) where the eating and drinking of blood is forbidden. I’m not a huge scholar of vampires and therefore maybe I’m missing a key point of what it is to be a vam…

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All of you guys made very good points. I think I know what you mean, Dani, about Tolkien, and I agree now that I’ve thought it through, and it probably wasn’t a good idea to do it that way. Tolkien didn’t take it as far as Lewis and make it essential to the story, and therefore I would venture to say that he was a little wiser, a little more wary,…[Read more]

I’d like to point out that as Christian writers n matter what world we write about they should still be governed by the laws Christ has set down. In my opinion.

Do you have Biblical support to back this up?

Also, what makes vampires inherently demonic? There is no reference to vampires in the Bible, and certainly none referenced in a…[Read more]

Oh, never mind. I get it.

I just can’t help myself. Every time I turn the plot I have in my head into words, I think of five great subplots, and so it goes down the line. Don’t expect me to finish it anytime soon.

Excellent question. Hannah got my answer before me, basically, but I want to answer a point you brought up specifically. First, I am a complete and utter, totally obsessed, diehard Tolkien fanatic. I think Tolkien did it the right way (created his own world) because he made very definite distinctions between Middle-earth and our world. I am aware…[Read more]

Seeing as you have used it more than once, what do you mean by intelecjewel?

Oh yes, allusions. Similar words can be consternating, but let’s look at it from the bright side. They are great for playing with, “playing with words”. I like to play.

Actually, I am seriously considering going ahead with that plot. It will have to be short though, since I am already working on a novel which is probably going to end up with…[Read more]

Hi Hope,

They are about even, but (of course) it depends. The strategy of the swordsman must be to get past the pointy ends (where he can get cut) to the pole of the spear (where he can’t get cut). His opponent can respond in three ways. One, he might be able to pull back his spear and retreat fast enough that he can get the pointy ends in front…[Read more]