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   From: news@pointerstop.ca   
      
   John W. Kennedy wrote:   
      
   > Derek Broughton wrote:   
   >> John W. Kennedy wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Derek Broughton wrote:   
   >>>> 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_.   
   >>> I call /that/ blasphemy.   
   >>>   
   >>> In any case, like it or not, it is an ascertainable fact that Lewis   
   >>> disagreed with that position, both with respect to Narnia and with   
   >>> respect to other hypothetical races outer space.   
   >>   
   >> Which doesn't make Aslan as Christ any less allegorical.   
   >   
   > If you're going to call Lewis a liar, kindly have the decency to do it   
   > outright, instead of making snide remarks.   
   >   
   And if you're going to snidely snipe at me, try not to.   
      
   I'm not calling Lewis a liar, nor even - to this point - succumbing to your   
   baiting.  I'm saying that his opinion doesn't change the fact that it's   
   still allegory.   
   --   
   derek   
      
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