Novel ideas, heh....
May. 4th, 2004 02:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brightrosefoxYes, I'm still trying to work out the kinks in all the subplots. It's kind of fun. For instance: Will readers really believe there is no organized religion in the far future?
I think I'll post an entry to the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
pagan community about how to go about successfully blending all religions into a "believe what you believe and stop trying to kill me because of it" kind of system. I don't want everyone to be one thing or the other, I just want to imply that nobody tries to convert anyone or shove religion down anyone's throat. Considering that in the story, ninety-nine percent of the human population is now either very psychic or can at least see spirits and astral project, you'd think people could get a little more open-minded about the whole thing, and there wouldn't be any more "there is only one god and one religion and it's mine and I'm right ha ha ha, want a pamphlet?" kind of situations. I'd rather have "My god can beat up your god and loves me more!" and have people argue over that. It's more fun than "Your god is false so you're going to hell, my god is the only one, believe it or be damned for eternity." That just really irritates some people. See why I want to create this background?
But since it's my story, and it's science fiction, and it takes place four centuries in the future, I can do whatever I want. But I want to make sure I make it believable. I already set the stage for how and why everyone goes psychic and polytheistic, I just need some good references and resources to back up the claims. And yes, people will still be monotheistic, but every god will be acknowledged -- like the Discworld books. "Just because you're a god does not mean I have to believe in you. You're not my god, anyway. My god's better."
No offense to strict monotheists, but that's just my train of thought.
I think I'll post an entry to the
pagan community about how to go about successfully blending all religions into a "believe what you believe and stop trying to kill me because of it" kind of system. I don't want everyone to be one thing or the other, I just want to imply that nobody tries to convert anyone or shove religion down anyone's throat. Considering that in the story, ninety-nine percent of the human population is now either very psychic or can at least see spirits and astral project, you'd think people could get a little more open-minded about the whole thing, and there wouldn't be any more "there is only one god and one religion and it's mine and I'm right ha ha ha, want a pamphlet?" kind of situations. I'd rather have "My god can beat up your god and loves me more!" and have people argue over that. It's more fun than "Your god is false so you're going to hell, my god is the only one, believe it or be damned for eternity." That just really irritates some people. See why I want to create this background?But since it's my story, and it's science fiction, and it takes place four centuries in the future, I can do whatever I want. But I want to make sure I make it believable. I already set the stage for how and why everyone goes psychic and polytheistic, I just need some good references and resources to back up the claims. And yes, people will still be monotheistic, but every god will be acknowledged -- like the Discworld books. "Just because you're a god does not mean I have to believe in you. You're not my god, anyway. My god's better."
No offense to strict monotheists, but that's just my train of thought.
