I love the fact that it's supposed to be a Christian fable, Aslan as the Christ figure, but the denizens of Narnia celebrate Xmas! Santa Claus makes a cameo appearance! How can Aslan be Christ-like if they already know about the Christ?!?!
Silly.
Despite Lewis' attempt, he made more of an eastern religious fable, than a western one. What a Tolkien wannabe.
he also missed the point of self-sacrifice. if Aslan knew he'd come back to life, then was his death really a sacrifice?
Bingo!
Well said star. No sacrificing oneself to death for others really counts if you know you're going to come back to life a few hours later!
What kind of Indian-giver sacrifice is that? It's more a card-in-the-sleeve/pulling a fast one/deceitful act than anything noble.
honestly, I loved the books when I read them as a 5th grader. I just don't see them as Christian allegory. I know there are Christians among us, and let me be clear, I don't hate Christians. I absolutely love the Christian messages in BBM. In Narnia, I just thought the attempt to draw an allegory is flawed. I think Lewis we just drawing from various religious sources for his material, rather than trying to teach any thing.