tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421979.post1438348789989032764..comments2023-05-11T04:45:24.757-07:00Comments on Frothing at the Mouth: Church of the Crab NebulaRick Novyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01488127023493028191noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421979.post-45170191649499735012008-07-26T21:09:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:09:00.000-07:00CALCULATING GOD has a lot of interesting ideas to ...CALCULATING GOD has a lot of interesting ideas to ponder.Rick Novyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488127023493028191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421979.post-91061093711027607532008-07-26T20:05:00.000-07:002008-07-26T20:05:00.000-07:00You mentioned CALCULATING GOD. I've never read it...You mentioned CALCULATING GOD. I've never read it, but the title reminds me of something I put in a story.<BR/><BR/>I had a character write a program for a college class that would calculate the probability of divine influence on an event based on data entered by the user.<BR/><BR/>Not practical, of course, but I got a chuckle out of it.<BR/><BR/>^JR^^JR^https://www.blogger.com/profile/03374453084023787732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15421979.post-39479853143607647042008-07-26T19:58:00.000-07:002008-07-26T19:58:00.000-07:00I agree. Religion certainly has a place in specul...I agree. Religion certainly has a place in speculative fiction. It makes for a great point of conflict, definetly. In stories where religion is a main component, there is either multiple religious points of view butting heads (which, oddly enough, mirrors real life. Go figure), or an oppressive ruling body working to quash a religion because it threatens the establishment. Occasionally, you see the reverse of this, but not not often enough, IMO. <BR/><BR/>These are all tried and true uses of religion in fiction that still make for great reading, if done with a fresh take on them. People love to read about religion--particularly religion in conflict, I think.<BR/><BR/>Even though its out of the genre in question, THE DAVINCI CODE is a great example of this. While I thought it wasn't great writing, it was about something that is a huge point of contention in our society and (I thought) it had a fairly original spin on it. It all depends on the point of the story and how religion is used in it.^JR^https://www.blogger.com/profile/03374453084023787732noreply@blogger.com