Well I just posted a similar thread in "Writer's Corner" but as all of we Pandorians know, the Box is where everyone's at, and the people of the Box know what's up! I guess you could say I'm suffering from some severe writer's block at the moment... Sooo here's my problem... I've been trying to write a script for a play for my English class all weekend, which is due tomorrow, and I've got the "theme" I want to portray, however, I am lacking a plot to express this theme through. The Idea I"ve come up with is expressing the idea of "the irony/flaws/short comings of Religion" (Christianity specifically), through the actions of my characters, settings, dialogue, ect.. I've come up with a main character "Judas Sampson" which holds the meaning of "betrayal." The name represents the "followers" of Christianity that betray the religion by going against it's principles and ideas on a daily basis. Any suggestions/ideas or anything that could get me started would greatly appreciated!. -TnNORML
Well I'm not entirely certain how well this will go down with you, based on your avatar, but one can't be Christian and racist at the same time. It just doesn't work. Nominalism is something you might want to look into, and some of Keirkegaard's ideas on Christendom. We're learning about this exact topic in Religion, so yeah, I'd give more but we just started.
Easy now, A Confederate flag does not always mean a person's automatically a racist. I'm a proud southerner, who represents that pride through displaying a symbol of my heritage. Sorry if it offends you, but it really isnt meant to be offensive in any way, shape, or form. Thanks for the advice though. I've actually done some research in the past on Kierkegaard and his ideas, and many of the ideas expressed in his writings are what I'm attempting to express through my script. THe idea that many self proclaimed "Christians" are drawn to the religion due to social, and political correctness rather than actually believing in, and following the religion itself.
take a different approach to the whole thing, go the route of moral orel. exploit the shortcomings and failings of christianity. express this through wit, sarcasm, and satire. how about a story of friends in the 1960's, in a christian southern town. everyone is an alcoholic, abusive, bigot. but thinks of themselves as good christians. put a good lynching in after a sunday service. compare that to all of the christians in the past who've murdered people for the sake of good. compare to the inquisition. get real ballsy with it dude, if it's good enough the sky's the limit.
Haha before I even saw this post the overall plot of it sounds a hell of alot like what you jsut described. Great minds think alike! haha. I ended up making it about a little group of guys and girls that were best friends during the late 60's and early 70's, of course in the south considering where I live haha, and the were all products of the 60's generation and stung out on booze and drugs, but continued to go to church every Sunday because it was the "politically correct" thing to do, and because they wanted to be accepted socially. Alrhough there were no lynchings, there was some racisim due to the time period and location i had it set in. It actually turned out alot better than I thought it would after only a night/morning's work haha. I may scan it, and post it up in the writer's section sometime, so ch ch ch ch ch check it out! haha.
try going to church and talking to openly religious people to get some ideas. involving yourself in something is always a good way for me to get through that block.