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   From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   Derek Broughton wrote:   
      
   > Mike Schilling wrote:   
   >   
   > > "Derek Broughton"  wrote in message   
   > > news:j67fa3-rlc.ln1@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.   
   > >   
   > > Yes, Aslan is literally Christ.   
   >   
   > Sorry, but he definitely isn't.   
   >   
   > >> That would be a form of blasphemy.   
   > >   
   > > Why?  If Christ can incarnate as a human here, why not as a lion in   
   > > Narnia?   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Christ died on the Cross to redeem the sins of all of humanity.  Why couldn't   
   he be servicing other sentient life forms too?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)