#jesus was hard to relate to because i'd seen too many boring unrealistic depictions of him

[lightmotif139]

Absolutely agree with you. As a kid, Narnia helped me find actual joy in Biblical truth in a way that Sunday school usually did not.

...And it still hits me pretty hard as an adult too.

Okay but I do get really tired when people rag on Narnia's Biblical parallels for being too overt. Like, yeah dude. It's written for kids. Most kids don't do subtlety. I knew my Bible better than probably 95% of third graders, and yet my parents still had to clue me in. I've talked to people who grew up secular and didn't realize Narnia was Christian until well into adulthood. The Christian parallels in Narnia are at a pretty perfect level for most kids, and the fact that we as adults continue to get new spiritual meaning from it as we grow is a real testament to the depth of Jack's writing.

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#mostly i just get sick of narnia being compared unfavourably to lotr #they are written for two different audiences with different purposes and different ingredients and they are both good! #like yeah okay tolkien disliked allegory. (a) narnia isn't exactly allegory and (b) even if it were would that be so bad? #Jack's over here doing his own thing. i for one love how overt Narnia's Biblical parallels are

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#not even to get into the fact when they say it’s ‘obvious’ they’re usually only referring to the few parallels that are ACTUALLY obvious #there are parallels that don’t hit you until you’ve reread them a million times #I didn’t even consider the similarities between Moses and Shasta until my friend asked for help on a school assignment about H&HB! #Jill and the woman at the well crossed my mind very suddenly while reading SC while babysitting! #The proudest I ever was was when my little bro compared the stone table cracking to the veil being torn #because that’s a parallel that’s MUCH deeper than knowing the basics of the resurrection #and I know that’s not even close to all of the ones that struck me on my third and fourth and fifth (etc…) reads #but those are just some that stick out in my mind as things I only realized into adulthood #but also? tbh? If the obvious parallels bore you then maybe you’re just boring #I think they’re true and beautiful and that’s enough to make them dear to me ❤️

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#Jesus was hard to relate to because i'd seen too many boring unrealistic depictions of him #but aslan was lovable and inspiring #of course i knew Jesus isn't really a lion but it was a step toward learning that he's not stiff and boring #also i thought heaven would be boring until i read the last battle #even knowing what the allegories meant it took me years to connect them to reality on a heart level #lewis depicts truth in ways that show genuine joy and wonder and i feel like that's lacking in a lot of christian media

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Okay but I do get really tired when people rag on Narnia's Biblical parallels for being too overt. Like, yeah dude. It's written for kids. Most kids don't do subtlety. I knew my Bible better than probably 95% of third graders, and yet my parents still had to clue me in. I've talked to people who grew up secular and didn't realize Narnia was Christian until well into adulthood. The Christian parallels in Narnia are at a pretty perfect level for most kids, and the fact that we as adults continue to get new spiritual meaning from it as we grow is a real testament to the depth of Jack's writing.