[ SECRET POST #2323 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2323 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Stories resonate. The myths and books and scriptures of most religions, those aren't just passing down the laws of whatever god/gods they're dealing with, they're telling the stories of a people, their laws and struggles and viewpoints, in many cases across a vast span of time. They're histories and political tracts, cultures and symbols. They're stories that have mattered to people for a long, long time.

Speaking as an agnostic writer who's been in a few religious-themed fandoms, it's not the god and gods parts that attract the interest, it's not about dissing religion or cashing in on its influence. It's the sheer weight of history and resonance packed into such relatively narrow symbols, exploring the depth of meaning they have for a truly amazing amount of people.

The gods don't matter. The people do. Which is, I get it, the wrong way to view it from a religious person's point of view, but it's still the reason writing about religion appeals to me.

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"Which is, I get it, the wrong way to view it from a religious person's point of view"

Actually? From a fundie's POV that's the wrong way to view it.

However (speaking from monotheism here) it's more a perspective that "the people matter TO GOD" and therefore "Hey, you! Yeah, you! You, YOU, (of all people) matter to God, and here you are, you can't even cut your neighbour the slightest little bit of slack? Because, guess what? THEY matter to God too!"

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this. I do a mythology blog from time to time, and I have pagan readers who believe in the gods I'm writing about, and it can get awkward as an atheist, and sometimes there is no way to not display my "bias" that I think the myths are mythical, but generally we all get along because we can agree on the stories being important and symbolic and beautiful, and also a slice of cultural history. Pagans seem to be more tolerant of alternate beliefs than most Christians, I guess because of the "one god" thing, or maybe being too used to being the English-speaking cultural majority.