Lord Grey II wrote:Mecingo wrote:Jaynaylor sounds like a corrupted man, read some of his opinions on religion. Sad, if God does not exist everything would be a fluke. I don't see how a such of a detailed reality could be a fluke.
Now god, there's a character I dislike. Quite a bit actually. Seems in every popular fiction I've read about the various forms of the Almighty (some name him God, Allah, Jehovah, Xenu, G-d, etc etc) he's always going about doing things I don't approve of. Slaughtering disbelievers, having really odd love/hate relationships with the gay community, oppression of women, advocating slavery, promoting weird dietary habits, just to name a few off the top of my head.
And then there's the god fan-club! These people are worse than Twilight fan girls, I swear. That's fine if you want to yammer on about your favorite book, but please, do you mind not confusing your fiction with science and reality? It gets bothersome.
But to address your post. I think the opinions of an an author or an artist are separate from their work. Not to say that the author or artist can not express their opinions in their work, because many do, but to say that if you enjoy a piece of work, finding out about what the author believes has very very very little relevance on your personal enjoyment of their work. For example, I've read the book Battlefield Earth several times; I enjoy it quite a bit. It was written by Ron L Hubbard, the same man that founded Scientology. Since I disagree vehemently with scientology and his beliefs, I shouldn't enjoy his novel? Of course not.
I have no idea what Jay Naylor's beliefs are, and nor do I care. They will not stop me from enjoying his art. I don't particularly like how he handled the Rachel situation, but that's only one piece that I can ignore handily.
Lastly, if you wish to debate my first two paragraphs, start a new thread unless you wish to continue debating under the assumption that god is a character.
Also, 1000th post.
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