tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post113382157920228343..comments2023-11-05T04:01:05.199-05:00Comments on Phil Wilson's Blog: "Narnia represents everything that is most hateful about religion"Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11540149196113374329noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1134069187534671062005-12-08T15:13:00.000-04:002005-12-08T15:13:00.000-04:00What's great about 'Narnia' is this: You can't tal...What's great about 'Narnia' is this: You can't talk about Jesus in the public schools, but a teacher CAN read 'Narnia'. It's planting seeds.Beanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260389560375328002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1134060660039799902005-12-08T12:51:00.000-04:002005-12-08T12:51:00.000-04:00From the USA TODAY today."In fact, [Lewis' stepson...From the USA TODAY today.<BR/><BR/>"In fact, [Lewis' stepson] says, Lewis' friend J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy) discouraged Lewis from publishing Wardrobe because he was convinced that people would laugh at him."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1133971804981180212005-12-07T12:10:00.000-04:002005-12-07T12:10:00.000-04:00Philip Pullman is just jealous because Lewis sold ...Philip Pullman is just jealous because Lewis sold more books than he(by the way, Pullman writes fanasy too--but it is Godless). Sounds like the UK could use some missionaries.judy thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447723817190708062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1133883588894339342005-12-06T11:39:00.000-04:002005-12-06T11:39:00.000-04:00Tolkien was critical of Narnia. He didn't like the...Tolkien was critical of Narnia. He didn't like the heavy handedness of the allegory and thought it may have been a misuse of the genre. But much of his criticism has to be taken in context of the Inklings relationship. Much of their (often drunken) banter was to rip each other's writings up.<BR/><BR/>Tolkien always insisted the Lord of the Rings was NOT allegorical. It was his intention for it to be received as pure fantasy and it seems he thought Jack Lewis should have taken the same tact as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1133882440301903642005-12-06T11:20:00.000-04:002005-12-06T11:20:00.000-04:00I researched this after posting (should have done ...I researched this after posting (should have done it before). On the night before Lewis accepted Christ (at about 3:00 am) he had a long talk with Tolkien and his other literary coherts in one of their regular get togethers. And they all had been challenging him. Leaving alone, Lewis could not sleep and spent hours thinking through all his life experiences and finally came to a conclusiion.<BR/><BR/>So her facts are wrong and distorted, including Tolkien hating Narnia. Tolkien stated he disliked allegory and this was in response to comment on Lord of the Rings, not Narnia.<BR/><BR/>TonyTony Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497055762329338990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1133881646617285092005-12-06T11:07:00.000-04:002005-12-06T11:07:00.000-04:00Tony, I have actually read that in a couple of pla...Tony, I have actually read that in a couple of places.<BR/><BR/>It didn't surprise me at all.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540149196113374329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1133881444357931882005-12-06T11:04:00.000-04:002005-12-06T11:04:00.000-04:00Sorry for another comment, but reading the entire ...Sorry for another comment, but reading the entire article, she says Lewis was converted by Tolkien. I have never heard this account of Lewis's conversion and I don't recall it in Lewis's <I>Surprised by Joy</I><BR/><BR/>Anyone else surprised by this?<BR/><BR/>TonyTony Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497055762329338990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821288.post-1133880779759488952005-12-06T10:52:00.000-04:002005-12-06T10:52:00.000-04:00God truly works in mysterious ways and all things ...God truly works in mysterious ways and all things do work for His glory.<BR/><BR/>"<I>Children won't get the Christian subtext...Most British children will be utterly clueless about any message beyond the age-old mythic battle between good and evil."</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks to the writer, non-Christians may now look a little deeper while watching.<BR/><BR/>And the writer unwittingly illuminates the point while rejecting it. And, her vitriol writing enhances the sacrificial and gentle sentiment of the story.<BR/><BR/><I>"This Christ-lion willingly lays down his life, submitting himself to be bound, thrashed and humiliated by the white witch, allowing his golden mane to be cut and himself to be slaughtered on the sacrificial stone table: it cracks in sympathetic agony and his body goes missing...Of all the elements of Christianity, the most repugnant is the notion of the Christ who took our sins upon himself and sacrificed his body in agony to save our souls. Did we ask him to? </I>"<BR/><BR/>The article is like running into the darkness with a bright spotlight and telling everyone, "look how horrible and bright this light is! Painful and despicable, this light is!"<BR/><BR/>On another ironic note, what will the Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell camps being saying about Disney now? You know Disney that homosexual supporting company?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="tonyarnold.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Tony</A>Tony Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497055762329338990noreply@blogger.com