> -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 9:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: ""Chronicles of Narnia"" > > Thanks for the good word. > > I read all of the Narnia books as a child and have re-read them many times > since. > > CS Lewis' story always intrigued me. IIRC, he was an atheist who > converted to Chrisitianity at the prodding of his friend, coworker and > fellow veteran, JRR Tolkien. I remember having to find a lot of parallels > between Narnia and Middle Earth for a religion class in High School. > Don't ask me what we found, too much beer has killed too many brain cells > since then.
I'm not sure about the progression but I know he was a devote Christian. The "Narnia" books make several references to biblical "truths" but remain fantasies. There are a lot of parallels between his books and biblical stories (the sacrifice of Aslan for Edmund's sins being one of the most obvious) but he also included non-fundamentalist beliefs like Father Christmas. There have been many, many volumes written on the topic both from a pro-religious and an anti-religious standpoint. Personally I don't think he was trying to "sneak" religion into the stories... I think he just really liked the world he created. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187341 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
