2-HeadedGiraffe: In Response to A Comment
David posted the following comment on my post about Prince Caspian:
"I must say, I find it puzzling how a professed atheist
can be such a big fan of C.S. Lewis."
I thought I would make a new post the respond to it for a couple reasons. One, since I posted about the film several days ago, I'm not confident he or anyone else would see the answer. Secondly, I never really posted what I thought about Prince Caspian once I saw it.
First off, and it's a minor thing, I am a professed Agnostic, in that I do not personally believe in a deity, but I also acknowledge that I do not know, nor do I feel any human being knows for sure. God cannot be disproved, and I understand that even my relatively scientific views cannot answer all questions about the world without some problems.
Secondly, C.S. Lewis's work does draw on Christian ideas, but I think it's legitimate fantasy literature regardless of the reader's religion. It is quite possible to read The Chronicles of Narnia as a believer or non-believer in any particular faith. In fact, besides Aslan being a fairly obvious Christ figure, the kind literature is full of, religious images are not extremely obvious and are certainly not overwhelming in Narnia.
Also, I have enjoyed the Bible and other fiction drawing from Christianity as literature. Since I view the Bible as a form of mythology, it's little different from enjoying fiction drawing creatures or concepts from, for example, Greek mythology. As for Christian morals, ideas, etc. they are found in various cultures and much of the morality can be arrived at independently.
As for the film itself, Prince Caspian was every bit as good as the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In some ways, it was even better, but part of that was that it surprised me more since it's been longer since I've read that book. I meant to reread it before I saw the film, but with schoolwork and everything else, I didn't have a good chance.
Mood: Somewhat Analytical
TV: Star Trek: Voyager
Etc:: Plaid
Tags (beta): religion, movies, books
David posted the following comment on my post about Prince Caspian:
"I must say, I find it puzzling how a professed atheist
can be such a big fan of C.S. Lewis."
I thought I would make a new post the respond to it for a couple reasons. One, since I posted about the film several days ago, I'm not confident he or anyone else would see the answer. Secondly, I never really posted what I thought about Prince Caspian once I saw it.
First off, and it's a minor thing, I am a professed Agnostic, in that I do not personally believe in a deity, but I also acknowledge that I do not know, nor do I feel any human being knows for sure. God cannot be disproved, and I understand that even my relatively scientific views cannot answer all questions about the world without some problems.
Secondly, C.S. Lewis's work does draw on Christian ideas, but I think it's legitimate fantasy literature regardless of the reader's religion. It is quite possible to read The Chronicles of Narnia as a believer or non-believer in any particular faith. In fact, besides Aslan being a fairly obvious Christ figure, the kind literature is full of, religious images are not extremely obvious and are certainly not overwhelming in Narnia.
Also, I have enjoyed the Bible and other fiction drawing from Christianity as literature. Since I view the Bible as a form of mythology, it's little different from enjoying fiction drawing creatures or concepts from, for example, Greek mythology. As for Christian morals, ideas, etc. they are found in various cultures and much of the morality can be arrived at independently.
As for the film itself, Prince Caspian was every bit as good as the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In some ways, it was even better, but part of that was that it surprised me more since it's been longer since I've read that book. I meant to reread it before I saw the film, but with schoolwork and everything else, I didn't have a good chance.
Mood: Somewhat Analytical
TV: Star Trek: Voyager
Etc:: Plaid
Tags (beta): religion, movies, books
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