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@sparrowhawke

Hey again!

I think your first idea could work just fine.  Sin is a natural part of this fallen world and it would be very difficult to write a book that had none of it whatsoever. Redemption, too, I think follows just because there’s sin in the first place and something needs to be able to counteract it.

Ok, so now for some examples. You had mentioned Tolkien, have you read his Silmarillion? In it he has fourteen gods which are under the most powerful god.  And honestly … just from that I can’t see any specific connections to the Trinity.

Tolkien also hated allegories, which is kinda funny given how much Christianity people read into his books. Anyways, I’m trying to say that I don’t think your lore has to be strictly Christianity-based for Christians to read it. In fact, I think books get over-analyzed all the time, and books that were just meant to be just books become these portraits of ideal Christian faith or something like that.

*I’m not hating on Christian literature, or hating on finding the Christianity in literature. I simply speak from too many years of analyzing the life out of things in English class.*

And as to your second idea, I agree with you; writing the Trinity would be very weird. Though, I think if you did want to go that way, you’d have to be very careful, since like you said, it’s be putting words in God’s mouth in a way.

Hope this helps some! 🙂