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   From: news@pointerstop.ca   
      
   John W. Kennedy wrote:   
      
   >   
   > It's not really an allegory. Aslan isn't a /symbol/ of Christ; within   
   > the fictional story, he literally /is/ Christ.   
   >   
   Oooh, that annoys me.   
      
   Of course, he's not _literally_ Christ.  That would be a form of blasphemy.   
   He's purely a symbol.  Yes, an allegory.   
   --   
   derek   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)