You do have to keep in mind that he wrote an important book on the proof of Christianity, (Mere Christianity) and also another book about the differences between Heaven and Hell (The Great Divorce) and therefore he was probably well aware that his children's books contain a great deal of psedo-Christian storylines.
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:23 PM Subject: RE: "Chronicles of Narnia" >> -----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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:187346 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
