26
Nov
Personal. |
ON NARNIA:
DORA: “But, come on, in the later ones….it’s painfully obvious.”
MOM: “It is? I don’t remember that.”
DOUG: “Yeah, it was. Dawn Treader, right?”
DORA: “Yeah, it’s just a metaphor for Christianity.”
DOUG: “And what’s with that one part where he’s like ‘And then Jesus-…I mean, Aslan…’”
DORA: “Seriously, an editor would’ve caught that!”
DOUG: “It had to be on purpose!”
MOM: “I’m tired of dealing with you two.”
HA!
So true: I sat in Borders tonight and read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and I kept thinking, “And then the ghouls starting cutting off Jesus’ golden mane.”
Somewhere in a British pub in the sky, J.R.R. Tolkien is pointing and laughing at C.S. Lewis.
The way I hear it, Tolkien actually converted C.S.
But I don’t remember where I hear it.
Or why I’m telling you that.
According to the biographies I read of both, Tolkien’s faith had some influence on Lewis. But Lewis came to Christ himself.
I bet Tolkien is pointing with his pipe.
He’s pointing and laughing because he knows Lord of the Rings is way better than Chronicles of Narnia and everyone will know since they’re movies now.
Oh, and you two are nerds.