Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:51 am
I haven't read all of the Narnia books, as I said, but my younger sister did, and Susan was her favourite, so this upset her greatly. I remember she went to my parents to complain about what happened, and my mother, who knew that there was an underlying Christian morality, said that this was actually what Martin Luther had tried to get out of people's minds, because it just is not in the New Testament like that: the perception of God as someone who will not forgive but condemns forever. So yes, I agree with you, Lewis totally messed up there.
(Though perhaps I should add that while on the paper it says that I'm a Lutheran Protestant, I never was brought up in a religious way, and I've always considered basic knowledge about religion part of general education and not what I would actually believe in, so don't expect me to bother with theological finesses.
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(Though perhaps I should add that while on the paper it says that I'm a Lutheran Protestant, I never was brought up in a religious way, and I've always considered basic knowledge about religion part of general education and not what I would actually believe in, so don't expect me to bother with theological finesses.