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One learns, not by restriction to and repetition of closely held biases and beliefs, but by examining alternate perspectives with which one may not be comfortable, in order to expand the mind.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan |
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That small bit of real estate that your "seldom" allows for, is where I tend to hang out. I don't like the easy messages; I like the messages that you have to search for... get a little dirt on your boots when tracking them down. Then when you do find one, you need to pry it out of the muck and give it a good bath before you try it on for size. But that's just me. ![]() |
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One problem I'm having is that some of the Deals are not marked as Christian fiction a lot are but not all, I'm not familiar with all the publishing houses etc so it's not until I start reading the Amazon reviews and see mention of faith/morals/religion etc that I realise what the book is marketed towards. I had no idea there wa so much of it available and the market is so big.
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Read Swiss Family Robinson, or Heidi. It is not a recent genre, and really - much of it isn't written with the intention of preaching, rather the author's personal beliefs are reflected in their writing. That it preaches is a side effect. Some is intentionally preachy and it comes across as awkward, as in some of Grace Livingstone Hills works, and sometimes it can be intentional but done well as in Johanna Spyri's Heidi. In general I would say it is Christian fiction if it presents a summary of the gospel, but that if it even presents a worldview compatable with Christianity then Christian publishing houses may give it a look. |
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I believe you would have been swearing too, if the army (with possible exception of prison where you would have to go if you refused to go to army service ;-) ) was the last place on Earth where you wanted to be at the moment. The most important thing in the life of ordinary private during my time was THE NUMBER. That was the number of days remaining till the end of the service. But that was, obviously, different time and place. |
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Perhaps it's a revenge for the rapture fail?... Well, we still have 2012, let's hope =P
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I read a ton of romance and I've found a lot of it where there is almost 0 cursing and even less sex. These books are still with the regular suspects, the main one being Harlequin but even some erotica publishers (like Ellora's Cave) publish a "sweet" line. I think that you just have to look for it (and not judge a book by its cover). Take this one for instance: Ripping the Bodice. I got it free a while ago but it's pretty cheap at Amazon. The cover looks like sex will be happening. The name gives the impression of sex. What is it about? It's about a woman who loves to read romance novels, lol! The story line revolves around the idea that this particular woman cannot find a man because she's looking for a romance novel hero. ![]() Last edited by MrsJoseph; 08-01-2011 at 03:50 PM. Reason: clarification |
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In the US I used to visit a lot of bookstores and have been to bookstores specializing in crime stories. I do not remember seeing Christian bookstores but that might be because I did not search them out. |
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No, as I said, part of it was very central to the story. If you read the rest of my post, I point out the gratuitous part.
It was very eye-opening to me that I was fine with the sex in one part of the book (and genearlly rarely have an issue with sex in books), but in the latter part of the book it irritated me to no end because it just didn't fit. |
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