The Middle East is where Christianity began. Calling Christianity Middle eastern is not racist, it's accurate. And the above passage, while it implies negative things about Christianity, does not imply them about the Middle east, so far as I can tell.
Likewise, to say that an author who makes a character likeable endorses all of that character's statements and opinions is blatantly untrue, and could be contradicted by literally dozens of examples- I'd cite almost every book written by John Barnes or Robert Heinlein, for one, as containing main characters who have vocal opinions that are clearly and demonstrably not held by the author.
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Date: 2008-05-01 03:55 pm (UTC)Likewise, to say that an author who makes a character likeable endorses all of that character's statements and opinions is blatantly untrue, and could be contradicted by literally dozens of examples- I'd cite almost every book written by John Barnes or Robert Heinlein, for one, as containing main characters who have vocal opinions that are clearly and demonstrably not held by the author.