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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] [i]I as understand this, it is illegal in the Twilight Zone country to be a Chritian.[/i] Aye. [i]And I assume that with his denials of his beliefs to 1) his parents, 2) his fellow prisoner, 3) his GF that you are trying to do something Peter's 3 denials?[/i] Ooh. Never occured to me at all. I like it. I don't see how I can do much with it, unfortunately. Drawing that paralell in a non-forced way would be a pain. Maybe I could have a sound effect of a rooster crowing, shortly before he's taken off to the judge? [i]Why is it illegal to be a Christian in this Twilighty Zone country?[/i] Is there ever a decent "why" for a group being persecuted? [i]What is the punishment?[/i] Indefinite time in prison, with reviews every couple years to see if the guilty party has... repented, for lack of a better word. And if that's the sentence, another possible angle occurs to me. What if he's been in jail for a while now, and he's going before the review board for the third or fourth time? He's survived it before, but now he's just about broken, and he's going to deny his faith so he can leave prison. But somehow, talking to someone else convinces him otherwise... a daughter, perhaps? Doing a skit about a grown man would be a first, as well. That angle would need a little more work. I'll think about it. [i]How exactly does the theme "God and Country" fit into this?[/i] It's kinda forced, but the general idea was that even though he's justified in breaking one law, the law against Christianity, he can't break a law against perjury. Of course, that destroys the whole "deny your faith" angle, which I like. So scratch that. I was thinking about the concept, and unless I wanted to deal with God and country as totally seperate concepts in the skit, which would be a plot-wise pain, I have to intimately relate them somehow. Historically, that's lead to one of two things: the religion taking over the country, ala the Taliban; or the country repressing the religion, ala... the Taliban. [i]Are you trying to do an allegory based on Rome's offical attempts to stamp out Christians?[/i] Never occured to me. I was just going for impact. But there was a story in the NT (Acts, IIRC), where two people were in prison. (Paul and someone else, most likely; there are a lot of pairings in the later NT, and I can never remember them all.) They were there for being Christians, and there was an earthquake that opened all the cell doors. They stayed, because the law said that's where they should be. Kept the guard from killing himself, incidently. Anyway, the story is about state persecution in general. Where doesn't matter. [i]If so, you might want to add an offical from the state and not just prison guards.[/i] That I like. A public defender, perhaps? Thanks for the input, Jay. Quite insightful. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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