You have to read the book to understand why it fit. It was really about how doing evil often comes back to bite you.
But something tells me you have made up your mind already and I am wasting my time.
But I still say that ‘The Stand’ has a postive Christian message to it and that alone makes me wonder how/why he wrote it. By the way it is the ONLY King book I have ever read and I have read it multiple times.
Well don’t waste your time on me, then. It was a sincere, honest question. If the example you give doesn’t look like the kind of Providence I have personally witnessed, and which I read about in the Bible, I am a waste of your time?
Okay; whatever.
All I can tell you is that the part of the movie I saw [most of it, but it must not have been the entire thing because I don’t remember God playing with nukes] looked just like a godless world inhabited by very sincere, God-fearing Christians. That is my impression. I asked you to offset it, since you’re more familiar with the story than I am. People talking about God is exactly what I saw/remember. God triggering nukes is not the kind of Providence I’m familiar with. We can leave it at that.
One of the books of King’s that is well worth reading is called “On Writing.” It’s probably the best I’ve read on what goes into the novel writing process, his at least. Most of his books have symbolism towards sacrifice and bloodshed, things that Christians might actually warm up to (Carrie comes to mind). He realizes his books aren’t for everyone and I think he’s bitter towards Christians who call him the Devil Incarnate for his writings.
He talks about his addictions and calls it just that. He scolds artists who make excuses for their addictions and say it’s part of the artist temperament. He doesn’t remember writing Cujo because he was strung out, and his wife gave him an ultimatum, which is why he broke free. He’s puzzled at the One Hit Wonder writers such as Salinger and others. “what do they do all day?”
Fascinating read into his mind and thinking. I think I’ve only read one of his books and it was a tamer novel.