Subject: If we were talking about fic with religion in it...
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Posted on: 2012-01-09 18:36:00 UTC

... that would make sense. However, we're talking about religion with fic in it, which is another animal.

If the entire point of the fic is to present the author's religious ideals, then how do you critique the presentation of those ideals without offending people who hold them? That's the issue here: it doesn't matter how unbiased and objective you think you're being if other people can only see that you're critiquing a story about Jesus. It's exactly the same as trying to objectively explain to a Christian that walking on water isn't physically possible—it will cut no ice with people who believe Jesus did it, and it will piss them off that you're trying to talk them out of their beliefs.

This is why we leave religion-based fics alone. Go nuts on fics that happen to have religion in them, but leave the Bible fanfic and other such expressions of faith alone.

~Neshomeh

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