2 Lists: Literary Themes That Do and Don’t Support Judeo-Christian Values

 

(List generated by ChatGPT 2025)

 

First, here are themes supporting Judeo-Christian values:

 

 

1. Good vs. Evil
2. Sin and Redemption
3. Forgiveness and Mercy
4. Sacrifice (esp. substitutionary or self-sacrifice)
5. Covenant and Faithfulness
6. Justice and Judgment
7. Free Will and Moral Responsibility
8. Grace vs. Works
9. Fall and Restoration
10. Providence (Divine Guidance or Sovereignty)
11. The Value of the Soul
12. Humility vs. Pride
13. The Hero’s Journey as Spiritual Growth
14. Spiritual Warfare
15. Light vs. Darkness (as moral or spiritual metaphor)
16. Pilgrimage or Exile (as metaphor for spiritual journey)
17. Hope in the Face of Despair
18. Temptation and Resistance
19. Repentance and Transformation
20. Imago Dei (the dignity of humanity as image-bearers of God)
21. Resurrection or Renewal
22. Law and Grace
23. The Power of Love (Agape, unconditional love)
24. Obedience to a Higher Moral Law
25. The Kingdom of God or Heaven as the Ultimate Home

1. Sanctity of Marriage
2. Faith in the Unseen
3. Community and the Body of Believers
4. The Value of Children and Innocence
5. Divine Calling or Purpose
6. Stewardship of Creation
7. Servant Leadership
8. Blessings and Curses
9. The Narrow Path (moral discipline)
10. Witnessing or Testifying to Truth
11. Accountability before God
12. Transformation of the Heart
13. Hope in a Messiah or Deliverer
14. Restoration of a Broken World
15. Spiritual Adoption

 

 

Now for themes which contradict Judeo-Christian values:

 

1. Moral Relativism – Right and wrong are personal or societal, not objective.
2. Fatalism – Destiny is inescapable regardless of moral action.
3. Glorification of Vengeance – Revenge is praised instead of forgiveness.
4. Occultism and Sorcery as Good – Magic used as a primary moral or redemptive tool.
5. Pride as Heroic – Self-glorification seen as noble.
6. Eroticism and Hedonism – Sensual pleasure without responsibility is idealized.
7. Nihilism – Life is meaningless or devoid of higher purpose.
8. Worship of Power – Strength and dominance prioritized over humility and service.
9. Deification of Nature or Self – Pagan themes or self-worship replace reverence for a Creator.
10. Humanism as Salvation – Man saves himself through intellect or technology.