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 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:43 am
Well.... both C.S. Lewis (Narnia) and J.R.R. Token were Christians. Actually Lewis was an Atheist before Token introduced him to Christianty. There is a movie about Lewis' life (don't remember the name but I saw it)
Narnia:
Aslan is Jesus. In the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Aslan give up his life for Edmond and returned to life after he was killed (like Jesus). Edmond is Judus, but he doesn't kill himself.
In the Magician's Nephew is about the creation of Narnia and there is an forbidden tree. The Last Battle is based off of the last book of the Bible Revelation and the end of the world. There are just some highlights...
Lord of the Rings:
The good characters exemplify Christian virtues such as perseverance, honesty, humbleness, loyalty, and so forth. It is about Good vs. Evil and it's easy to see the difference. The Ring is temptation. Gandof is sort of like a Christ like figure. He gives up his life for the other fellow travelers and comes back, but he has to go away again once the mission is over. Also Eragon has some Christ like characterists too (Being the King of Men) LOTR is mostly based off of Christian virtues than symbolizing characters. And there are some highlights to that as well....
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:24 am
I cannot argue that the books are not based off of Christianity and I don't really want to either; all I want to do is warn you that you can put any meaning you want to any book that has ever been written.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:13 pm
So you're not so much asking. You are telling. Huh.
I would agree with Narnia (considering his penchant for parables and OTHER Christian books... all of which I VERY much like, Screwtape Letters is my favorite.) though I am iffy on Tolkien. Not saying he isn't Christan. I am just saying can't someone who is Christian write a a fantasy and not have it be a "Christian book?" You know what I mean?
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:15 pm
chaoticpuppet I cannot argue that the books are not based off of Christianity and I don't really want to either; all I want to do is warn you that you can put any meaning you want to any book that has ever been written. I have to agree with you. Though these really are based off of Christanity (for anyone who reads this afterward)
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:03 am
All I can say is, the Book list is being rewritten to reflect religious texts, works that have had a major influence on religion, and a few ground-breaking texts about religion.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:20 pm
Now I've just heard this, I don't know if it's true and I don't really have any information to back this up:
Tolkein and Lewis placed a bet between themselves. They agreed to write fictional stories based on the Bible. The bet was to see who could write the most obscure story. The Narnia Chronicles are very obviously related to Bible stories, so Tolkein won the bet.
There are certain Christian organizations that pretty much comandeer anything that will make them look better and they will disown anything that doesn't (Saved! anyone?). Organizations that deal with Christian-related media are especially efficient at this because there is a strong demand for Christian-related material in many families.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:55 am
Hm... like Kipluck said, I am iffy on the Tolkein and Lord of the Rings being Christian books. Lewis, on the other hand, has a lot of Christianity thrown into it.
Like you said, Aslan represents Christ, who died to save our lives. In the movie, Aslan willingly sacrifces his life for the people, mainly Edward.
Whoa, that was a very short thing XD
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:21 pm
chaoticpuppet I cannot argue that the books are not based off of Christianity and I don't really want to either; all I want to do is warn you that you can put any meaning you want to any book that has ever been written.
That being said, I am not a big fan of LOTR, I find Tolkien really hard to read, but I have read one or two books of the Chronicles of Narnia, and I suppose one could argue that there are some Christian overtones in it, but one could also argue the same for Anne Rice's work. There's a constant theme of Good & evil, Angels & demons, and God & the Devil in it, so could that book be considered "Christian" material? In spite of the fact that's about vampires who seem to be mostly homosexual, I mean. blaugh
Any book can be interpreted as one sees fit. Look at all the different interpretations of the Bible that spawned all the different denominations.
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