Category: Faith in Sci-Fi
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What Science Fiction Gets Wrong About Faith
I love science fiction. Always have. After decades of reading it, watching it, and now writing it, I have noticed a pattern worth talking about. Science fiction has a faith problem. Not a lack of faith. A misrepresentation of it. To be clear, there are exceptions. Some writers in this genre handle faith with real…
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I Am A Metaphysicist. Now, What Is It?
Alan D. explains why he chose the word metaphysicist to describe the intersection of 30 years of theology and his career as a science fiction author.
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The Claude Delusion (And Why the Question Actually Matters)
I didn’t make the book cover image that this post is about. I borrowed it from a LinkedIn post because it made me laugh out loud, and I think it deserves more unpacking than a double-tap and a scroll. Someone photoshopped the cover of Richard Dawkins’ famous book The God Delusion and replaced “God” with…
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AI and the Dark Web: The Unlikely Origin of VOID WALKER
The unlikely origin of VOID WALKER, an AI in my story who was birthed form the Dark Web, is an important detail in my story. Most people have heard of the dark web, but few have actually visited it.
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Don’t Panic: Why the UFO Files Should Increase Your Awe, Not Your Anxiety
The government just released 160 UFO files and the internet is panicking. Here is why a Christian perspective on alien life should increase your awe, not your anxiety.
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What If You’re Not Broken… Just Carrying More Than You Ever Thought You Would?
Jude Salazar isn’t a hero. He’s a man with regrets, expectations he didn’t ask for, and a weight he can’t put down. This post is for anyone who knows that feeling.
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Writing Science Fiction About AI, Faith, Ethics, and Moral Responsibility
I didn’t want to write a villain AI or a messiah machine. I wanted to write in the harder middle where power, conscience, and faith collide. Here’s why that matters.