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Podcast: Fantastical Truth
Episode: 52. Do Christians Really Need Science Fiction? | Fiction’s Chief End, part 3
Description: Some people say that science fiction is just fantasy with spaceships. Others would say that fantasy is about plausible impossible worlds, whereas sci-fi centers on possible, albeit improbable worlds. But is sci-fi something that Christians actually need? We’ll explore that today!
Sci-fi is a shared universe inhabited by God’s gift of common grace.
Sci-fi explores the genius and madness of humanity, revealing our need for God.
The church, therefore, should terraform the strange worlds of sci-fi for God’s glory.
Concession stand
By design, sci-fi takes us to worlds beyond our comfort zones, so these...