It is a fantasy land, the creators of the land are Christian, and thus the fantasy will include those things as part of life.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:24 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: "Chronicles of Narnia" > > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187342 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
