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lightmotif139 · 1 year ago

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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.

#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 #lotr was also vital to my spiritual life but later and in a different way #like narnia laid the groundwork as a kid and lotr built on it as an adult #thank god for lewis and tolkien

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