Fantasy Writer

[Woody]

Clearly if you ask me ... I would say YES. Go 4 it. The Bible has fiction so why not as long as you make it GOOD fiction that will serve GOOD.

just my 2 cents worth or whatever currency you might have.

[John317]

So ... can I or can I not write a fantasy?

Well, since I've been reading the other thread too? My question would be change too : "Is it even okay for me to write fiction???"

Only you can answer that question.

It will largely depend on whether you're a committed follower of Christ. It also depends on your knowledge of truth.

But the Bible principle is, "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin." We shouldn't do what we think may be wrong.

[Gordon1]

We shouldn't do what we think may be wrong.

It always leads to regret.

If God puts a thought in our head, we grieve His Spirit if we hearken not.

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[rudywoofs (Pam)]

IreneFaye, just FYI, Ellen White read fantasy poetry. (Such poetry was common in Victorian times...)

Here's a source where you can find all the books/articles/magazines that were in the EGW home at the time of her death:

EGW personal library Just press "search" to see the entire listing. It's quite interesting. I have one of the rarest books, from 1611.

[Gordon1]

Many writers own books for reference purposes, sometimes to prove that such works contain error. Others collect books intentionally or accidentally. Any writer who remains active until 88 has a sprawling library.

Owning the book is not an endorsement. Ellen White denounced such works as agents of spiritualism, so it's probable she had some proof on hand.

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[Woody]

IreneFaye, just FYI, Ellen White read fantasy poetry. (Such poetry was common in Victorian times...)

Here's a source where you can find all the books/articles/magazines that were in the EGW home at the time of her death:

EGW personal library Just press "search" to see the entire listing. It's quite interesting. I have one of the rarest books, from 1611.

Thanks for this link Rudywoofs. I found this book in her library interesting:

Negro-Mania: Being an Examination of the Falsely Assumed Equality of the Various Races of Men - Campbell, John

[IreneFaye]

Thanks guys, I think I have my answer now and I'll just stick with it!

[Gordon1]

Here's an excerpt from EGW's Maranatha:

Chap. 135 - The Lust for Nakedness

Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matt. 5:28.

Many of the young are eager for books. They read everything they can obtain. Exciting love stories and impure pictures have a corrupting influence. Novels are eagerly perused by many, and, as the result, their imagination becomes defiled. In the cars, photographs of females in a state of nudity are frequently circulated for sale. These disgusting pictures are . . . hung upon the walls of those who deal in engravings. This is an age when corruption is teeming everywhere. The lust of the eye and corrupt passions are aroused by beholding and by reading. The heart is corrupted through the imagination. The mind takes pleasure in contemplating scenes which awaken the lower and baser passions. These vile images, seen through defiled imagination, corrupt the morals and prepare the deluded, infatuated beings to give loose rein to lustful passions. Then follow sins and crimes which drag beings formed in the image of God down to a level with the beasts, sinking them at last in perdition. Avoid reading and seeing things which will suggest impure thoughts. Cultivate the moral and intellectual powers. Let not these noble powers become enfeebled and perverted by much reading of even storybooks. . . . {Mar 143.1}

It is impossible for the youth to possess a healthy tone of mind and correct religious principles unless they enjoy the perusal of the word of God. This book contains the most interesting history, points out the way of salvation through Christ, and is their guide to a higher and better life. They would all pronounce it the most interesting book they ever perused, if their imagination had not become perverted by exciting stories of a fictitious character. You who are looking for your Lord to come the second time to change your mortal bodies, and to fashion them like unto His most glorious body, must come up upon a higher plane of action. You must work from a higher standpoint than you have hitherto done, or you will not be of that number who will receive the finishing touch of immortality. {Mar 143.2}