Narnia/rant

[Amy Z]

Susan wrote <eloquent rant>

I agree with you 100%.  I just have more faith than I usually do that 
the books will be unsullied.  Don't ask me why.  I just look at the 
past 50 years and the deep love that people of all faiths have for 
these books--whose specific religious message may be lost on children 
but is obvious when those children reread them 10 years later--and I 
think, "marketing, bad movies and knockoff noves come and go, but some 
glorious things will persevere ever."

> That doesn't mean the plush Aslan has to have a bottom that you push 
> that says "I'm really Jesus" or anything, 

ROFL!  Oh lord, don't give them any ideas!

>But Lewis and Tolkein (despite 
> singing Viking songs in the original while drinking beer) were 
> Christians, and their Christianity was a major influence on their 
> work. To deny that is to deny reality, and to be disrespectful of 
> authors who (imho) have given us a wonderful and rich tradition.
> 

>I gather that one of Lewis' stepsons is a radical 
> Christian minister and wants to separate the books from the radical 
> religious right (those who oppose HP). I can understand that, but if 
> I were to talk with him, I would suggest to him that rather than 
> separate the books from Christian ideology, he should explain what 
> Christianity means to him (and my guess is that bigotry and 
> intolerance are left out of his version of Christianity).

Yes, yes, yes, me too, me too, me too.

Amy Z