So I've been thinking of an idea for Christian fiction and was curious if anything like this existed:
Humanity is on the verge of spreading around the stars and is close to forming a post-religious global government when they encounter an alien species soon after the invention of FTL. They begin a cultural exchange and through the exchange with the help of cultural anthropologists discover that their religious histories are nearly identical dating back 3000+ years even to the point of Jesus' sacrifice happening at nearly an identical period.
Scientists at first claim it's a coincidence until eventually coming to the conclusion that it has to be some older alien species that visited both worlds at the same time. Later they begin encountering more and more species with nearly carbon copies of Christianity even with the symbolism of the Cross and near identical religious texts. Eventually the conclusion becomes undeniable proof that God is real and Jesus was sent to save the universe from sin.
Needless to say this throws humanity back at home on Earth into near chaos as the reaction is extreme in both ways. Churches are flooded with new believers but also with angry people suffering from despair at the fact that their non-believing dead relatives were not saved when they died.
Has anyone written anything like this? I'd be curious to see the reaction if someone did.
On a related note, can anyone recommend science fiction that takes place in space that actually has a Christian slant? I know there are numerous fantasy works with it but I have rarely seen much that dealt with space.
Humanity is on the verge of spreading around the stars and is close to forming a post-religious global government when they encounter an alien species soon after the invention of FTL. They begin a cultural exchange and through the exchange with the help of cultural anthropologists discover that their religious histories are nearly identical dating back 3000+ years even to the point of Jesus' sacrifice happening at nearly an identical period.
Scientists at first claim it's a coincidence until eventually coming to the conclusion that it has to be some older alien species that visited both worlds at the same time. Later they begin encountering more and more species with nearly carbon copies of Christianity even with the symbolism of the Cross and near identical religious texts. Eventually the conclusion becomes undeniable proof that God is real and Jesus was sent to save the universe from sin.
Needless to say this throws humanity back at home on Earth into near chaos as the reaction is extreme in both ways. Churches are flooded with new believers but also with angry people suffering from despair at the fact that their non-believing dead relatives were not saved when they died.
Has anyone written anything like this? I'd be curious to see the reaction if someone did.
On a related note, can anyone recommend science fiction that takes place in space that actually has a Christian slant? I know there are numerous fantasy works with it but I have rarely seen much that dealt with space.