Was: Golden Compass and is, Eowyn, Narnia, etc.

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, danielle dassero <drdara at ...> wrote:
>
> Ali:
> Anyway, I really liked the Narnia books when I was younger, but I do
> admit that I never saw the blatant Christian thing. I think that is,
> partially, because I grew up in another country and Christian thought
> wasn't as integrated into society there as it is in countries like the
> US.
> 
> 
> Danielle now;
> 
> I never got the Christian feel of it till I read the very last Narnia adventure. Admittly I was 
an adult when I read it. I was very dissappointed in the ending in the last book, I really 
was, the whole Susan thing bugged me 

Geoff:
It should be remembered that "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" 
was specifically written to introduce children and young people to the 
basic ideas of the Christian faith. C.S.Lewis left a greater legacy in the 
UK with his extensive writings about belief and worship.

I think his point about Susan in the last book was that faith is a choice 
and some people, having been practising Christians, can still drift away 
from it; I have examples of that in my own family.