Wrong to have graphic content in a Christian novel?

Is graphic content in a novel labeled Christian wrong?

As discussed in the earlier post, it is not a simple question. And as the earlier example pointed out, David cutting off Goliath's head certainly was graphic, so are Bible stories too graphic?

The Bible has stories of dogs eating a person's body, a prophet cutting a murdered woman's body into pieces to bag and send to the tribes of Israel to get their attention.  Stuff so graphic, I'm not sure we as authors could get away with the descriptions and not be criticized.

News stories and articles online have images and details that are very graphic.

So what is too graphic in a Christian Thriller?

I do believe that we as authors have a responsibility to warn our readers if we are writing graphic content. The label Christian means something different to every person. In my mind, I'm saying this is going to have a character that is a Christian in it, not afraid to share their faith, in a scary situation. But I have had criticism for simply stating a woman was in a bikini in a book, because a certain church believes a bikini is a sinful thing to talk about. So as an author, it is difficult to even know how to warn readers, without telling them the entire story and all the details, which, kind of ruins the suspense.

I believe every writer (Christian or not) should give an info page at the front that simply warns that their may be graphic content and a story line that may have ______, you fill in the blank, issues addressed.

In one of my more adult books about a mysterious NAZI connection with our world wide banking control, called Dominance the Final Secret, the bad guy declares, "who the hell are you?" I received criticism from Pastors that the swear word hell should not have been used in a book with the label Christian Action Adventures. I tried to evaluate it and the bottom line is, I SEE the story, and the characters are very REAL in my mind, and the truth is, that is what that character is going to say.

So, I do warn readers at the front of that novel, that it is more graphic. But we still live in a real world. And if you write fluff that is not real, readers know it and don't buy into the story line because it is not real.

My answer to the question is, you can have graphic content in a Christian Novel, but you better give fair warning to the reader who might be offended by it or does not want to read that kind of content.

Open to everyone's discussion on this subject, it's the reason for the blog.