Christianity

When we see the Harkonnens in Dune, their evil feels familiar.

It’s as if the recognition of a malevolent force in the world is something intertwined with our very souls.

I remember the satan in scripture in Genesis saying:

“Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

“You will not certainly die…”"

The issue of recognising of what is good and what is evil is actually nuanced and difficult as we see Eve and Adam struggle with this. Along those lines of discussing the nature of good and evil it is also a mistake to place them as opposites. I’d like to explore that topic of how good is itself something to be dwelt and mediatated upon because it is connected to reality Himself. However I will leave that topic to another day.

Back to Dune… it does seem like an unwritten rule in modern culture: you don’t mix Christianity and science fiction (I guess i broke that in making this video...