Comments on: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/ Helping Mankind Overcome Religion Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:55:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Matthew http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-3211 Matthew Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:58:40 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-3211 I'm with Brandi on this one, just relax and enjoy the movie, God bless you all.

I’m with Brandi on this one, just relax and enjoy the movie, God bless you all.

]]> By: Brandi http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-3163 Brandi Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:04:31 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-3163 God help you all....

God help you all….

]]> By: Agnosticism/Atheism http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-3099 Agnosticism/Atheism Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:17:39 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-3099 <strong>Re-Reading the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</strong> C.S. Lewis' book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been enjoyed by millions of children all around the world, but how many people go back and re-read the books as adults? How many approach the books with a...

Re-Reading the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis’ book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been enjoyed by millions of children all around the world, but how many people go back and re-read the books as adults? How many approach the books with a…

]]> By: DUB http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-2960 DUB Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:22:40 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-2960 Javaelemental: "Books are great in that you get out of them what you put in to them — if you want to see the Christian allegory in the book, it’s there, I suppose." Aside from being far too simple a cop-out, this view just doesn't apply to this situation. C.S. Lewis was more than just an author of children's fantasy tales, he was a xian apologist, and still remains one of the most quoted in that field (especially since he was an "ex-agnostic"). A search through the comments to Chad's Guest Post on this very site will result in five hits on Lewis. Josh McDowell, of Campus Crusade for Christ and extremely popular modern apologist, absolutely loves to bring up Lewis' (in)famous <a href="http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/james_still/trilemma.html" rel="nofollow">"Trilemma"</a> (aka Lord, Liar, or Lunatic). As for misogyny and anti-Muslim sentiments, aside from being the product of its times, well, it's a xian writing! Check the Bible and history of the xian church for even more blatant examples of such. I remember taking a school trip to the local "Palace Theater" to see a one man play version of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, which turned out to be a sermon (I remmeber being quite disturbed by this, even at about 8 years old).

Javaelemental:

“Books are great in that you get out of them what you put in to them — if you want to see the Christian allegory in the book, it’s there, I suppose.”

Aside from being far too simple a cop-out, this view just doesn’t apply to this situation. C.S. Lewis was more than just an author of children’s fantasy tales, he was a xian apologist, and still remains one of the most quoted in that field (especially since he was an “ex-agnostic”). A search through the comments to Chad’s Guest Post on this very site will result in five hits on Lewis. Josh McDowell, of Campus Crusade for Christ and extremely popular modern apologist, absolutely loves to bring up Lewis’ (in)famous “Trilemma” (aka Lord, Liar, or Lunatic).

As for misogyny and anti-Muslim sentiments, aside from being the product of its times, well, it’s a xian writing! Check the Bible and history of the xian church for even more blatant examples of such.

I remember taking a school trip to the local “Palace Theater” to see a one man play version of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, which turned out to be a sermon (I remmeber being quite disturbed by this, even at about 8 years old).

]]> By: Antigone http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-2950 Antigone Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:27:45 +0000 http://evangelicalatheist.com/2005/11/12/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/#comment-2950 Well, as to the anti-Arab bias and sexist bias in the book, it is actually not uncommon in European literature to have them both. Toliken, for instance, is very pro-European, anti-anybody else. The whole genre tends to be a little bit too in love with the myth of chivalary. But, overall, they're still good books, and I can let my inner feminist and civil rights activist ping up and then settle down by forgetting about it. They're good stories. Besides, if you can't read anything that's racist or sexist, you're limiting yourself to about the last 100 years or so to books. Heck, even as an atheist, I can appreciate "Paradise Lost".

Well, as to the anti-Arab bias and sexist bias in the book, it is actually not uncommon in European literature to have them both. Toliken, for instance, is very pro-European, anti-anybody else. The whole genre tends to be a little bit too in love with the myth of chivalary. But, overall, they’re still good books, and I can let my inner feminist and civil rights activist ping up and then settle down by forgetting about it. They’re good stories.

Besides, if you can’t read anything that’s racist or sexist, you’re limiting yourself to about the last 100 years or so to books. Heck, even as an atheist, I can appreciate “Paradise Lost”.

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