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   From: seawaspobvious@obvioussgeinc.com   
      
   Derek Broughton wrote:   
   > stephen@nomail.com wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >>   
   >>So you do not think people can write fictional stories with Christ   
   >>in them?  Do you object to Tolkien identifying Illuvatar as God?   
   >   
   >   
   > People _can_ write such fiction.  I squirm when I read it.  If you can   
   > accept fiction containing Christ, how can you be sure the gospels are   
   > anything _but_ fiction?   
      
   	You can't.   
      
   	That is, of course, part of the point of religion VS science.   
   Religion, at least in the standard Christian standard, focuses on   
   FAITH. You have to have faith that the Gospels are not fiction.   
      
      
      
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