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   In rec.arts.books.tolkien Derek Broughton  wrote:   
   > westprog wrote:   
   >> 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.   
      
   > No, I have a problem with people who want to define a fictional character as   
   > the real Christ.  It's an allegory.   
   > --   
   > derek   
      
   So you do not think people can write fictional stories with Christ   
   in them?  Do you object to Tolkien identifying Illuvatar as God?   
      
   Stephen   
      
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