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Talk:The Chronicles of Narnia (view source)
Revision as of 04:11, January 12, 2009
, 04:11, January 12, 2009Replied to another user's comment
==Religious Criticisms==
==Religious Criticisms==
It is just my opinion, but the religious criticisms are rather long and overly specific. The arguments probably should be summarized quickly or they should be fewer. I also think they rely over-much on an allegorical interpretation of the Chronicles and sometimes in little details. I don't think it's ''completely'' allegorical, although there are allegorical parallels. Sometimes the arguments (such as that last one on celibacy) is incredibly weak. I think it should be altered or moved to a debate page, where the arguments can be examined and discussed. (However, I'm glad the author of these critics was careful about how he placed the arguments and gave it a section.) -[[User:Additioner|Additioner]] 15:48, 30 December 2008 (EST)
It is just my opinion, but the religious criticisms are rather long and overly specific. The arguments probably should be summarized quickly or they should be fewer. I also think they rely over-much on an allegorical interpretation of the Chronicles and sometimes in little details. I don't think it's ''completely'' allegorical, although there are allegorical parallels. Sometimes the arguments (such as that last one on celibacy) is incredibly weak. I think it should be altered or moved to a debate page, where the arguments can be examined and discussed. (However, I'm glad the author of these critics was careful about how he placed the arguments and gave it a section.) -[[User:Additioner|Additioner]] 15:48, 30 December 2008 (EST)
:Thank you for the compliments. I wrote some of the criticisms because there are Christians who see these books as a perversion endorsing magic. Instead of stating this in such explicit terms, I tried to convey some of the specific issues we have with the books without explicitly calling them a false allegory intended to lead children astray. Listing a handful of criticisms is, I think, a compromise between those who see Narnia as a loose retelling of Christian cosmology and those who see it as a way to pervert a child's image of Christ, The Trinity and reality in general.--[[User:AlexC|AlexC]] 23:11, 11 January 2009 (EST)