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   junior-kun  wrote:   
   > nyst...@cs.com wrote:   
   >> In my opinion, the   
   >> word "allegory" is best applied to sustained metaphors,   
   >   
   > Why, Lewis goes entire novels without revealing that Aslan exists in   
   > our world!  How much more sustained do you need?   
      
   Speaking of which, Aslan appears on the brink of our world at the end of   
   'The Silver Chair', where he turns his back on our world and lies down   
   in the gap in the wall, facing into his world (when Jill and Eustace   
   return to the school to confront the bullies).   
      
   Would Lewis have taken care not to have Aslan enter our world, as that   
   might have theological implications? Even though some of the bullies and   
   (I think) some of the teachers reported seeing a lion?   
      
   If Aslan IS Christ (the whole subject matter of this subthread), does it   
   matter (theologically) that he appears in our world, and is seen by   
   people in our world as a lion, and not as Jesus?   
      
   Christopher   
      
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