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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Like instead of looking at real angels and demons, you're [obsessing] about wizards and whatever. I think the same holds for the fascination with werewolves, vampires and zombies.
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How often do you find yourself looking at real angels and demons (photos or it didn't happen)?
By your logic, if I read about Gandabherunda Narasimha, I'm not wasting my time (since he's a Hindu god), but if my subject is gandharvas, I'm simultaneously wasting and not wasting my time (since they're mythical creatures in several cultures but heavenly beings in Hinduism).
And what about Leviathan? If I write about that particular sea monster, am I being productive, since he appears in the Old Testament? If so, then what about sea monsters that
don't appear in religious texts and why are they any different?
And what do you think of Christian vampire novels? If crucifixes and sunlight destroy classic vampires, then how is the story of their fictive existence not a Christian metaphor?