Is It Good To Read Secular Or Non-Christian Literature

Some Christians believe it is not good to read secular or non-christians literature. If Christians only read christian conservative literature, their literary lens is clouded with the opinion of a minority, and their knowledge is limited by the name of the author on the spine. Just because a a piece of literature is written by a secular author, does not mean it is wrong, it simply means that the author does not have the same insight as christians do. Christians can read the text, and put it through the filter of truth to decide whether or not they agree with it. When we as Christians read secular literature, we can do one of two things with it: use the information as just that: information; or we can use it to create effective arguments against secular opinions. Their hundreds of millions of books out there. If christians confine themselves to only christian literature they are keeping

Reading The Giver helps expand literary awareness to not just non-christian non-fiction, but to fiction as well. Fiction is not “a waste of time.” When authors write fiction, they write what they want the world to be like, or a version of this world. Perhaps Lois Lowry was trying to tell us something about Euthanasia, Infanticide and abortion. Is The Giver what Lois Lowry saw in the future? When we read The Giver we can broaden our horizons to secular fiction to understand the grim outlook from a non-christians perspective. In reading The Giver, we have realized that many people who lack our faith do not care about the value of life like we do. The book helps us understand the non-christian idea of life and can helps us form an effective counter-argument against infanticide, euthanasia, and abortion. Although Lois Lowry wrote The Giver with an adventure story in mind, but it is easy to see her reason for her writing. I suspect she was trying to warn this generation that we are vearing dangerously off