Today, I went to Books-a-Million and picked up an interesting title called The Path Way of Christ and Antichrist. I really want to have an understanding of the antichrist before I start working on Angelic Guardians: The Revelations, where Myoujou does rise to power and the Book of Revelation comes into play.
But there was one section in the book that bothered me concerning my series. Apparently, to the Christians, familiars such as those in Harry Potter and other fantasy sagas are considered to be associated with witchcraft. (And witchcraft is considered as another one-way ticket to Hell because of the alteration of God's grand plan for everybody.) I thought familiars were just nothing more than an animal that you feel closely (and spiritually) connected to! Not according to some Christians!
This problem reflects heavily on Seiji, a magical black wolf who is portrayed as the familiar to Robu Tsuchino (Seijitsu) in Angelic Guardians: The Awakening. I primarily designed Seiji (whose real name is also Seijitsu) for a very good friend of mine who has a fascination for wolves (by the way, this said friend is also the "Seijitsu" of my circle), but I also created him to mirror Pegasus' role in Sailor Moon SuperS in a tongue-and-cheek kind of way. He serves as both the guardian of the dream world and Seijitsu's voice of reason (because every man on earth needs to have one that isn't in his head. Why do you think God created woman, besides to nag at the male population?). And even though Seiji does speak the human language via telepathy, that doesn't mean he's demon-possessed or even a demon in disguise!
Seiji's gift of speech is supposedly the same gift that God gave to Balaam's donkey in the Jewish Scriptures/Old Testament. Sadly, this account is often forgotten by Christian teens and adults. True, the story is told to young children because it involves a talking animal, but sometimes, even us adults have to remember that God can use anybody and anything (pets included) to get our attention back to where it belongs. And if God was able to make a donkey talk, then why can't he use a simple animal like a wolf?
Now, to all you Christians who are still dead serious on calling the whole Seiji factor a contradiction to religion despite of his God-given gift, please take notice of this little tidbit: Seijitsu doesn't practice witchcraft and neither do the other Angelic Guardians. Yes, Medetai and Iinaka are the only Angelic Guardians that use new age in conjuction to prophesy (astrology, ancient runes, and fire readings, respectively), but that doesn't make them witches or Satan worshippers. The same can be said about Seijitsu and his wolf. Just because he has a familiar doesn't mean he's going against what the seisho (Bible) says. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with having Seiji working on behalf of Shinmei (the Christian God in Japanese), and I don't consider familiars as being a witch or a warlock's pet either.
Then again, I don't see anything wrong with practicing witchcraft in a Jesus-like manner either, but that's another rant for a rainy day.
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