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  1. Didn't crosses still work on Buffy vampires? Am I misremembering that?

    Blade had a fairly agnostic take on vampires. Crosses and holy water didn't work, and vampirism was treated like some weird disease.

  2. Buffy vampires were stopped by crosses, but nobody seemed to have any religious conviction…

    Would zombies make you believe in god?

  3. Good points!

    Only vampires who are afraid of crosses, and only a God who supplies crosses.

    No zombies. They're biological.

  4. "Modern atheists frequently cite the so-called problem of evil to support their position. There are a number of theistic responses, but in this context, suffice it to say that Zombie Mr. Fantastic disagrees."

    I love that.

  5. Would any supernatural phenomenon do, or do they have to specifically fit into the Bram Stoker model?

  6. Only vampires who are afraid of crosses!

    Mummies, zombies, werewolves, etc. wouldn't do it.

    Even Jewish or Muslim vampires wouldn't do it, unless they're afraid of crosses. I guess my mind is just set that way.

  7. Yeah; often as I mentioned Jewish vampires are afraid of stars of david. That really seems to argue that their is no god; if the vampires' religion determines the efficacy of the religious symbol, then it seems to be about individual belief rather than absolute dictat.

    If God exists, crosses should work for all vampires, regardless of their creed.

    Not that anyone asked, but I think Salem's Lot is really probably my favorite vampire story. Stephen King is pretty uneven overall, but that book is a masterpiece, damn it.

  8. That was my first King book and I loved it, but I think others are better. I guess The Dead Zone and Cujo would be my favorites.

    Very good point about vampires, the Star of David and God. That's why comedy writers make bad theologians, despite what one might think.

    As far as I'm concerned, if there is a God, he's the father of Jesus. Probably just because that's what most people around me think.

  9. I liked the Rob Lowe miniseries of Salem's Lot…because I like Rob Lowe, and he's pretty. Pretty enough to make me watch a goddamn miniseries about vampire.

    Vampires don't default to Christian theology for me, I think partly because I grew up reading collections of folklore from around the world–vampiric monsters turn up in all kinds of cultural traditions. When I think about vampires, I do think of Stoker vampires, but also of all the other manifestations I've seen of the same idea.

  10. I didn't realize there'd been a salem's lot miniseries. Probably I should avoid that then, huh?

    I like Cujo and the Dead Zone too. Salem's lot really freaked me out, though.