[HPforGrownups] Re: Am I unique?

[Cassy Ferris]

No: HPFGUIDX 171297

2007/7/4, maidne <maidne at yahoo.com>:

But the death is only one part of the sacrifice. It also involves
the willingness to die, the ability to *not die*, and the identity
and character of the one who dies. Aslan could have chosen to let
Edmund die, or he could have chosen overpower and kill his
executioners. He chose to die because he knew that *his* death (not
Edmund's) would fulfill the Ancient Magic and cause death to "work
backward". Aslan died a "substitutionary death", which is what
Christ did.
Cassy:

Well, what I was trying to say was that to die for someone is the *ultimate*
sacrifice because you know it's *irriversible*. If Aslan died and then
became alive
again, it was more like he fell asleep and then awokened, or fell ill
and then became better. Yes, he could have chosen otherwise, but I
still feel like he cheated.
 Had Edmund been killed, he would have stayed dead, it would have been the
end of his existance. For Aslan it death was just a temporary
inconvenience. And that's what makes his "sacrifice" less important than
Lilly's, to me. Because Lilly didn't come back to life and she *knew* she
wouldn't. Mind you, I'm only speaking of Aslan the lion here, not Jesus. No
offence to Christians ment.


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