Another book he wrote pertaining to Christianity is the Screwtape Letters. J
On 12/12/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:187582 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
