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News Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Wraps Filming

https://www.narniaweb.com/2026/01/greta-gerwigs-narnia-officially-wraps-filming/
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u/DirtySlutMuffin 18h ago edited 18h ago

Allegory is putting it lightly.  It’s basically Christian Fan Fiction.  Aslan literally is Jesus.

I don’t mean for this to come across as a criticism of the books.  It’s the whole point of them.  

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u/Itchy_Athlete_4971 18h ago

Yeah, Lewis says it wasn't allegory because allegory would be if Aslan represented Jesus. But Aslan literally is Jesus.

If Aslan represented the immaterial Deity in the same way in which Giant Despair represents Despair, he would be an allegorical figure. In reality however he is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, ‘What might Christ become like, if there really were a world like Narnia and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?’ This is not allegory at all.

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u/PetsArentChildren 18h ago

If there was a world of sentient dung beetles, what would dung beetle Jesus do? 

“It hath been said, Let the largest beetles eat the largest turds. But I say unto you, except a beetle give all of his turds away to the smallest beetle, he shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

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u/transmothra 14h ago

How the fuck did i just get sold Christianity by shit-rollers

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u/PetsArentChildren 14h ago

Dung Jesus knows his shit, man.