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Thomas Woods
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Posted: 11 May 2018 at 7:24pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

I think it triggers them, so they freak out.

Like an evolutionist finding a human skull next to a
dinosaur.

But seriously, I think Vampires are one step away from
demons, so anything Christ related freaks them the hell
out.

I feel the correct way for a writer to do it, is it has
to do with holy or blessed objects. Anything holy will
be like sunlight striking them.

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Adam Schulman
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Didn't Marvel publish a graphic novel called GREENBERG THE VAMPIRE in the 1980s?
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Adam Schulman
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Or would, in the Marvel Universe, merely seeing Thor himself just cause that vampire to instantly explode?

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I think there was a Thor/Dracula fight in the pages of THOR at some point before the Walt Simonson years.
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Matt Hawes
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My feeling is that the cross (or whatever religious symbol) is a focus for one's will power in resisting vampires. Since most people put faith in a higher being, that will power is filtered through the object of one's faith.
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Brian Floyd
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Most movies I've watched or books I've read had it depend on the faith of the person using the object. So that if they had no faith at all, the object would have no effect.

On the other hand, I've read a few (very few) books and seen a movie or two where the objects had no effect because the vampire was an atheist while alive.

Personally, I'd go with the former. A vampire is an undead, unholy being. It shouldn't matter what they did or didn't believe it before being turned.

Not sure if the object has to represent he same faith as the wielder, though.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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The Cross represents drawing power from God to ward off forces of evil, so technically any religious symbolic object should do. 

But in Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, crosses have no effect on vampires whatsoever. The mythology varies. 
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Bill Collins
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If you`re an atheist you don`t believe in god, so maybe
you don`t believe in vampires either and that means they
can`t touch you!
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In a world where vampires exist, I'd think people would start questioning what they do or do not believe in. 
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My thought, too, Matt. Classic vampire lore is, at least in Europe, so deeply rooted in Christian mythology that actually meeting one would demand a serious reassessment of one's stance on atheism.
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Rod Collins
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Would a copy of Richard Dawkin's "The God Delusion" work on an atheist vampire?
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Dave Kopperman - WTF? It's a Jewish joke. I apologize profusely if you're a banker or attorney... I didn't mean to be insensitive to you.

Adam S. - "Greenberg the Vampire" was a story in Bizarre Adventures, and then Marvel had a Graphic Novel made of it. I think the short was incredible, and the GN was a little too long and a touch... inaccessible.

If I encountered a vampire, I'm not sure my first reaction would be a serious theological reevaluation. :)
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Not necessarily a FIRST reaction. That would be more along the lines of immediately assuming I'd lost my mind.

"Had it right here when I came in..."

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