Posted on 06/28/2005 11:19:26 AM PDT by JDBrown90
So you plan on only allowing non fiction films and books into your home?
We don't do Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy or Halloween in our home either, although we tell the stories or cultural traditions they are based on we made sure they understood that these were traditional stories. I've never understood the point of tricking children into believing an untruth. Has caused social issues when the radical children blurted out the truth to other children a time or two.
Lewis's stories are just stories, too, but they are grand stories with good morals that hint at a deeper truth. Cultural literacy is as important as history, math and science. You have to choose the stories you plan to impart cultural literacy with and Lewis is far superior to the PC crap churned out in children's lit these days.
Just my two cents.
Of course I enjoy non-fiction. I do however avoid any occultic/magic stories. The Lord is very clear when he says to avoid such stuff and I think he knows whats best for my family and I. There was a time in my life that I enjoyed such fare, but after reading the Bible and learning the truth I know better. When one finally knows the truth, its easy to spot a lie.
One point in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe that was a lie was that the Witch demanded the sacrifice of the Lion. I've gotten alot of emails (you know the ones that say if you don't forward this you must not love God)that say the same thing (that Satan demanded Jesus to pay the price). That is just a lie. Jesus does not answer to Satan. It's sad though that when we point this out to the Christians that send us those emails they just blow it off - you know cause it had such a "good" message and such cute little dancing bunnies or whatever in the email.
So I'm not in a rush to go see/read more CS Lewis. If I bite into a piece of fruit and it's rotten I don't finish eating it to see if there's any good part of it.
I did like the movie but knowing next to nothing about C.S. Lewis; I was curious to know what someone who did know about him thought of it.
I am incapable of doing so, I assure you.
The guy clearly hasn't read the Narnia books carefully -- there are all sorts of errors throughout that section. (Arslan? huh? hate to see what he would do with that Calormen named Emeth . . .) And I see where you got your idea that there was "sun worship" in the book . . . straight from this guy's "analysis". He's really stretching to get that conclusion . . . since he's apparently ignorant of the traditional eastward (ad orientem) placement of Christian churches and altars and the many, many appellations of Christ as "Sun of Righteousness" (that's in Malachi, by the way), "Dayspring from on high" (and that's Luke), etc. etc. etc.
He seems to rely one hundred percent NOT on the "King James Bible" as he so proudly proclaims, but on his own personal and rather myopic interpretation of it (your mileage may vary). At the same time, he ignores the entire Western canon of theological thought. And since Lewis was a specialist in medieval and Renaissance literature, any examination of Lewis's books by this man simply highlights his ignorance rather than acting as any indictment of Lewis.
Frankly, if this fellow told me the sun rose in the East, I would go outside and check. You can do better than this guy, whoever he is.
Well, first the "movie" you bought is not this version. But do yourself a favor and read the book (it's a quick read for adults) before you make a final judgement.
But, forheavenssake, don't base your opinion on the cartoon version.
We're going the first week of December, so we might actually be there at the same time you are!
I wouldn't DARE go during Christmas Vacation.
GOOD screen name, BTW!
That must have been a lot of fun to see.
Did Marie sing?
I used to watch "Donny and Marie" when I was a kid. I still have a soft spot for them.
My mom's taking my 7-year-old to Disney World in September. Each child gets a trip to Florida when they're 7 (Mom and Dad live in the Orlando area), and gets to pick one major park.
Oh FUN!
I took Caitlin for a "Mommy and ME" trip when she was 7. It was the perfect age...old enough to have some stamina, young enough to still Believe.
I can't wait for grandchildren!LOL!
The Chronicles are obviously not Scripture. But I would cautiously suggest that in them, one can take away some unique and new insights on the character of Christ (Aslan being the Christ character) and on human nature and the darkness lurking in the unredeemed heart, as well as the pull of the flesh on the regenerate heart.
I have learned a lot from them. Perhaps it is my shortcomings that made them helpful, but, even so, they are good.
Elen loves all the princesses, and the rides she's old enough for are the same kind Mom is willing to ride (at 67).
I love the Princesses, too, but Caitlin doesn't have a lot of use for them, except for Mulan.
She loves Alladin, and Woody and Buzz, and Lilo and Tarzan...more of the action sort of movies.
Cant get her to do a Princess Breakfast or anything like that.
SIGH.
-PJ
Actually, the witch demanded the death of Edmund, the traitor (the penalty of sin is death) and Aslan offered himself to pay the blood price.
I realize I'm not going to change your mind, but it seems clear that you are not very familiar with the material and therefore have many mistaken assumptions regarding it.
I am comfortable with Lewis not only because I am very familiar with his writings, but also because they have stood the test of time (good literature outlasts bad) and Christian scholarship. It's not like that kook website is the first to take a shot at Lewis.
There is a great deal of bad writing being passed off today as "Christian Fiction" these days and it is a mistake to deny children real and true literature in favor of marketed pulp.
I wish you and your family well.
Elen is very girly - the only one that is. Anoreth would rather go to a turkey shoot!
Your daughters have good, strong names!
I agree whole-heartedly. A tremendous amount of familiarity with Scripture and theology lies behind the Narnia books, and even though this learning may not always be openly expressed, it shapes what is there. You're getting two thousand years of Christian wisdom condensed into these little stories, and often have no idea when you read them what you're being taught and how--you only know that it "feels" right. Analysis comes later, if at all, and is not really necessary.
I have loved Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ever since I first read it at the age of fifteen. It sparked my imagination, opened up a love of the natural world, and reintroduced heroic ideals into my life. But the Chronicles of Narnia fundamentally altered who I was. I could never have guessed, at the age of seventeen, somewhat shame-facedly looking at a "kid's book," that the earthquake was about to begin.
Josephine, Eleanor, and Sabina. It'll look good if any of them runs for President :-).
You are blessed!
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