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Comment on Redemption in Dracula by Lee

Lee — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:57:45 +0000

I finally finished reading the book today over lunch… I think if Stoker hadn’t written Van Helsing the way he did (with such horrid grammar), I would have finished it months ago. That and the “journal entry” format were extremely off-putting – though did I eventually make peace with the journal entry format.

While there is something of a Catholic tinge to the redemption (and related topics) in Dracula, I agree that there’s not much that is Biblical in the book.

At some point I’ll post some comments for the record – and perhaps this blog will be more vif, as the professor would say!

Comment on R.I.P. by Lee

Lee — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:43:01 +0000

No! How could it be? We were reading Dracula, after all!

Comment on Redemption in Dracula by Lee

Lee — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:32:51 +0000

I’m actually still reading the book! Sloooowwwwly… another few weeks, and I’ll be ready to comment 🙂

And great comment, Bonnie!

Comment on Redemption in Dracula by BonnieKathryn

BonnieKathryn — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:24:51 +0000

ok I know its too late to really hash it out now, but regarding your comment about Mina being too good – I say that this is maybe a good illustration about how all are poisoned by sin no matter how good we seem.

Salvation is not a matter of being good or bad, its a matter of external redemption, Holiness, and Sanctification. I know plenty of good people who aren’t believers, and I think our ideas of what is good just confuse the situation of salvation by giving “good” people an excuse to not need God or for some to judge others who seem to “really need the Lord”.

Comment on R.I.P. by Lee

Lee — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:09:02 +0000

Sniff – very thoughtful of you, Bonnie!

A Long Way Gone: Is it? It looked good… I’m very interested in reading that one, too – at some point!

Comment on R.I.P. by bon82

bon82 — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:15:39 +0000

Here is a rose @—‘— for the grave of the deceased NOBC.

Incidentally, I am currently reading one of our past nominations, A Long Way Gone. (Listening to it on tape, actually.) It’s good.

Comment on R.I.P. by Lee

Lee — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:56:02 +0000

(I’m still working on Dracula, though – I’m about 1/2-way through. I read a few pages over lunch today, actually…)

Comment on R.I.P. by Lee

Lee — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:55:25 +0000

Sorry – I haven’t been able to even finish Dracula Life, work, ministry-involvement have made free reading time very scarce for me.

Is this a general consensus?

Comment on Redemption in Dracula by Lee

Lee — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:48:34 +0000

I’ve been out of town for the last week (and the country, for a portion of that time), so I can’t contribute much more than a hearty thanks, Bonnie, for getting things going here!

But it does seem like Stoker is describes a sense of religion, but not the Biblical descriptions of redemption or relationship, etc…

More later.