The imagination is an interesting thing. How do you define it? What of the pictures we draw before our mind? How does it work within a Christian concept? It relates to the ideas of consciousness and reality, and theologians (as well as philosophers) continually deal with this issues. Although not much of a concern in our modern theological conceptions, there is much to be said for the creativity and imaginative impulse of the Christian mind – well-developed ones, at least.
Theology Gaming Posts
Many, many things irritate me about God of War (As I noted without even playing it!). I was, however, willing to give the game a chance by actually playing and completing it. Whether via time or distance or nostalgia, the original game in the series holds little love from me in the year 2013.
A young boy with long curly blonde hair hunches over a gravestone, remembering his mother’s death; when she drowned to death and he could do nothing to save her. Later, when his big brother starts to swim across a creek, the little brother stands back and motions with his hands as if to say, “No freaking way I’m getting in there.”