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05-30-2010, 08:37 PM
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 Though I think a better topic would have been "Does Fiction Glorify God?"
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05-30-2010, 10:58 PM
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Elven Warrior
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Although I do see how yours is a little more open and more easily allows a negative answer.
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06-04-2010, 11:57 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli
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Ultimately, all writing is about entertaining, and intriguing, one another... and it looks as if you've done that!
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06-04-2010, 07:22 PM
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Elven Warrior
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For my twopenn'th (and back on topic)...
It does read rather forcefuly, the title should be more like "God is in fiction, fact" or you should add in a line near the start to state that this is the premise you're about to batter into the reader. It is a little heavy-handed in places, but I thin you get this by now. However I think it reads pretty well and personally I go for the many quotes - otherwise, you risk it looking too much like opinion. I do agree with many of the criticisms above, FWIW. A short-ish essay can't present a really complete argument and dissemination, but I think you've done a pretty good job, there are cristisms but remember you asked for them, but it's not all bad. The bit about poor writing resonates after some of the garbage I've read (in books). To no doubt the great hilarity of BJ, one of the worst books I've ever read is The Shack, and I'm a solid Christian but not a blind one, it's an awful pile of road apples with its eyes firmly on film an cash. Finally, man's greatest gift? It's free will!
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