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Whats your opinion on using existing religions in creative writing? Like having angels fight Greek warriors or Valkyries fighting demons? Or even African gods interacting with Hindu and Christian deities?
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>>8065767
>African gods interacting with Hindu

Dindu vs. Hindu
hahaha
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>>8065767
This sounds like it belongs on >>>/co/
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>>8065767

I think using existing religions isn't the real problem here...
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Elaborate?
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>>8065839

>having angels fight Greek warriors or Valkyries fighting demons? Or even African gods interacting with Hindu and Christian deities

The fundamental problem is OP writing tasteless fantasy drivel
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Elaborate?
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>>8065767
Don't write the religion as a sect or something, write it as a thing people believe in for a reason. Most religions in fiction come off as extremist (and not because extreme is more interesting) and this seems to be because authors dont understand the beauty of true faith, and only see religion as some kind of sickness. But maybe your setting is different with angels amd shiet. Just talking about the religious communities in books where they seem to have mass suicide practice twice a day and everyone seems much too compliant and happy to do it.
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