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As christian writers we all want to share our faith with the world. However, when writing a fantasy novel that’s set in a different world that get’s a little harder. I actually even stopped writing a story I was working on because of the topic started by @daeus-lamb on christian stories. I wanted to honour God with the story but I felt like it wasn’t working at all.

There’s just one thing that I noticed on here that seemed a little strange to me. Puting a version of God in your fantasy world so that at least you have God in your story. I am not judging anyone on this, because that thought has crossed my mind too. But God is so holy, to be honest, I’m not even sure if we should do this. I don’t think we should be making some kind of religion in a fantasy world because we’re afraid to leave God out. Isn’t that a dangerous thing to do?

Yes, Jesus told parables, Lewis wrote Aslan, Max Lucado wrote Eli. But that’s very different from trying to put God into a made up religion that should somehow mirror christianity because you’re afraid to leave God out of your story.

Ofcourse sharing your faith is a lot easier if you wrote historical fiction or anything in the real world. Maybe things are just a little different in America than in Europe.

Once again, I’m not judging anyone. I’m just a little worried if putting some kind of version of God in your fantasy novel is a good thing to do. I’m very curious about your thoughts on this! Thanks for taking the time to read this! 😊

Tagging some people: @the-fledgling-artist @ashira @ericawordsmith @h-jones @eden-anderson @sarah-inkdragon @everyone