May-19-2011, 09:54 PM (UTC)
(May-19-2011, 09:54 AM (UTC))danieladamsmith Wrote: Ahh Christian Literature.Agreed. No complaints here about LOTR, Tolkien is one of my favorite authors. I had a great love of CS Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, etc., as a child. A fantastic writer is a fantastic writer, no matter their belief system. I just wish to avoid those authors who feel they need to hit the reader over the head with their personal religious beliefs...
I myself am a humanist but there are many writers whose work is considered part of a canon of religious literature that I like. Lord of the Rings was considered this...Orson Scott Card has taken this badge...many things. I think one can be an atheist or an agnostic and still think about good vs. evil or the survival of our species...