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Liam Neeson angers Narnia fans by suggesting Aslan is Mohammed
U K Telegraph ^ | December 4, 2010 | Roya Nikkhah

Posted on 12/05/2010 3:40:45 AM PST by don-o

Liam Neeson has caused controversy by suggesting that Aslan, the Christlike character in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books, could represent the prophet Mohammed or Buddha.

The actor who voices the lion in the film adaptations of the books has angered some fans of the stories, who claim he is distorting Lewis’s intentions to be “politically correct”.

Aslan the lion features in all seven Narnia books, guiding children away from evil and harm and encouraging them to do good.

Lewis was clear that the Aslan was based on Christ, and once wrote of the character: “He is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question: “What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia?”.”

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To: don-o
That was a profoundly ignorant thing for Nesson to say. Few have written as much or as well about conversion to Christianity as C.S. Lewis. Lewis came to Christianity or came back to Christianity as a 32 year-old professor at Oxford after 15 years as a declared atheist. His journey back to his faith is chronicled in "Suprised by Joy".

C.S Lewis was very aware of the symbolism in his work and it was decidedly intentional. To claim that Aslan is Mohammed is simply absurd.

121 posted on 12/05/2010 8:12:58 PM PST by 5by5
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To: BCW

“he did marry a 6 yr old! historical fact...”

I know, I was only being sarcastic.


122 posted on 12/06/2010 3:13:12 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

yeah - I know -—I put that there for others that might stumble across this...have good one...I didn’t mean to come across in a bad way...


123 posted on 12/06/2010 9:16:45 AM PST by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: don-o

Wow. What an idiot.


124 posted on 12/06/2010 9:36:31 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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