Re: Narnia books/secular

[GidgetTMsMan at aol_com]

> To be honest, as a child, I never knew they were "religious" books. I loved 
> the stories, much like I loved Madeleine L'Engle's stories, and L.M. 
> Montgomery's, and Frances Hodgson Burnett's. They were simply wonderful 
> books that transported me to a world that I felt I understood - they were my 
> "quiet bottle of ginger beer".


Be that as it my, that doesn't mean that the meaning isn't there.

> Many people I know have no idea of the allegorical content in the Narnia 
> books. In fact, the only friends of mine who have any clue of this are 
> Christian. Not to talk down to Christians or anything, I'm just saying that 
> many non-Christians don't immediately pick up on the allegory, or don't even 
> realize it's there.


Well, not to bash Christian, as I am one of them, but many of them honestly think that if Jesus was alive today that he would drive an SUV and that there is some intention for a Teletubbie to have homosexual tendencies.  The simple fact is that most people today are media illiterate and unable to determine or even define the meaning of "symbolism" or "theme"

> To re-market these books as something "new and secular" would be ridiculous 
> - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.


Well, that hasn't stopped them before.

-Steve