"David Rodemaker" <dar at horusinc.com> writes: > > #Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > > #> As for Narnia, no denying the allegory, but it's a good story > > #> nonetheless. It's not a book that tries to convert you, it's > > #> just told from an explicitly Christian viewpoint. > > # > > #That's what bugged me, it's *not* explicitly christian. It's a > > #fantasy world, with non-christian fantasy religious elements, which he > > #whips the covers off at the end and blatantly associates with > > #christianity. That's what pissed me off about it. > > > > Well, yeah. Except that for Lewis, the Christian mythos is absolutely > > true about the universe. The fair question, as I see it, is: Did Lewis > > expect the series to hit people this way, or could he reasonably have > > expected it to? And if so, how did he feel about it? -- Not necessarily > > questions we can answer. > > The same argument could be made about LOTR, it's certainly as Christian as > Narnia is... Oh, nonsense. I'll agree that LotR is compatible with (Tolkien's view of) Catholic doctrine in some ways, but in fact one of the things I like about it is the clear *absence* of religion from that world. > The argument can be made that both T. and L. were Christian mystics (not in > the occult sense but in the religious one) and were quite aware of what they > were doing. I'm sure they were too. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info