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BioBeing · 05-21-2003, 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by GeoTheo
Oh, yeah. I think you are right. I got them confused. I am reading some short stories by Asimov that's prolly why. Both are athiest scifi aythors.

Are there any theist sci-fi authors? (Other than L. Ron Hubbard!). I used to read a lot of sci-fi, and I'm trying to remember if any of the stories actually involved a God-concept. How would a thiestic deity fit into a diversely populated universe?

Ab_Normal · 05-21-2003, 09:31 AM

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Originally posted by BioBeing
Are there any theist sci-fi authors? (Other than L. Ron Hubbard!). I used to read a lot of sci-fi, and I'm trying to remember if any of the stories actually involved a God-concept. How would a thiestic deity fit into a diversely populated universe?

I don't know if Julian May is a theist, but she writes about the evolution of the racial mind with explicit references to Teilhard de Chardin, and most of the characters in the Galactic Milieu books are Catholic.

Starboy · 05-21-2003, 09:41 AM

I can't remember the name of the book or the authors name, but there was a story I read a long time ago about the world after a nuclear holocaust and how an engineer started Christianity backup again only for humanity to destroy itself again. Didn't think much about it at the time but it did seem to have a 'we're all damned' kinda tone to it.

Starboy

ComestibleVenom · 05-21-2003, 10:43 AM

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It really does piss me the-hell OFF, that Darwin carefully tailored, even suppressed his true thoughts out of "respect" for his wife's feelings; and that some of Clemens's? Twain's most forthright statements about All-That were apparently destroyed afer his death, by his wife, (and his daughter?). A good thing there isn't any hell/afterlife.....

Women can really be insideous influences can't they? We give them the vote and they go and take our booze. tsk tsk tsk.

Pierre Bezukhov · 05-21-2003, 02:37 PM

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BioBeing
Are there any theist sci-fi authors?

Orson Scott Card (Enders Game) is a devout Mormon. The protagonist in his Call of Earth series (I read it, so you don't have to.) frequently espouses the importance and necessity of faith.

Asha'man · 05-21-2003, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by BioBeing
Are there any theist sci-fi authors?

I think Frank Herbert (author of Dune) is a theist. He certainly has some very religious themes in some of his books.

Ab_Normal · 05-21-2003, 05:05 PM

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Originally posted by Starboy
I can't remember the name of the book or the authors name, but there was a story I read a long time ago about the world after a nuclear holocaust and how an engineer started Christianity backup again only for humanity to destroy itself again. Didn't think much about it at the time but it did seem to have a 'we're all damned' kinda tone to it.

Starboy

I think that's A Canticle for Lebowitz by... by... well, I can't remember the author's name.

Starboy · 05-21-2003, 05:05 PM

Ya, that's it. Can't remeber the author either.

Family Man · 05-21-2003, 05:23 PM

Canticle for Liebowitz -- Walter Miller.

The Other Michael · 05-21-2003, 05:53 PM

Christopher Stasheff would seem to be Catholic. He was getting very annoying at times with his characters in "Her Majesty's Wizard" having Catholic crises of faith/can I be good without God? types of discussions for pages at a time. Which was even more annoying because he writes some good books, and I wanted to see him get on with the story.

Robert A. Heinlein had a tendency to portray organized religions as parasitical, if not downright evil.

cheers,
Michael

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05-21-2003, 09:41 AM	#13
Starboy Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tallahassee, FL Reality Adventurer Posts: 5,276	I can't remember the name of the book or the authors name, but there was a story I read a long time ago about the world after a nuclear holocaust and how an engineer started Christianity backup again only for humanity to destroy itself again. Didn't think much about it at the time but it did seem to have a 'we're all damned' kinda tone to it. Starboy

05-21-2003, 05:05 PM	#18
Starboy Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tallahassee, FL Reality Adventurer Posts: 5,276	Ya, that's it. Can't remeber the author either.

05-21-2003, 05:23 PM	#19
Family Man Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Superior, CO USA Posts: 1,553	Canticle for Liebowitz -- Walter Miller.

05-21-2003, 05:53 PM	#20
The Other Michael Honorary Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In the fog of San Francisco Posts: 12,631	Christopher Stasheff would seem to be Catholic. He was getting very annoying at times with his characters in "Her Majesty's Wizard" having Catholic crises of faith/can I be good without God? types of discussions for pages at a time. Which was even more annoying because he writes some good books, and I wanted to see him get on with the story. Robert A. Heinlein had a tendency to portray organized religions as parasitical, if not downright evil. cheers, Michael

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