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   In rec.arts.books.tolkien westprog  wrote:   
      
   > "Derek Broughton"  wrote in message   
   >> Well, ask a cross-section of Christian theologians whether, if there is   
   >> intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, if it's possible that they can   
   >> have been "saved".  If so, ask if Christ could have appeared to them.   
   >> You'll get the whole gamut of responses, but there are a good number of   
   >> Christian sects who will say that Christ came to _us_ and _only us_.   
   > Those   
   >> same people will have a serious problem with the concept that Aslan _IS_   
   >> Christ.  otoh, I have no problem with ETs, but I have major problems with   
   >> the idea that Aslan is anything more than a representation of Christ.   
      
   > Er... Aslan is a fictional character. Lewis is not saying that Christ did   
   > incarnate in other worlds - or that other worlds exist. He's saying that   
   > this is what might happen. If you have a problem with this, then you have a   
   > problem with Lewis.   
      
   > J/   
      
   Lewis did consider such questions in the "Out of the Silent Planet"   
   trilogy.  Whether those expressed his "true" opinions or not   
   is not clear, but there life does exist on other worlds.  The   
   Incarnation on Earth was a unique event (so far anyway), but   
   because of the Incarnation all future intelligent life forms   
   will be human.   
      
   Stephen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)