CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

The Chronicles of Narnia series is touted as a "Christian" story, declared to be so because there is a "gospel" message in it. The theme of Father/God sending or "offering" Savior/Son is very prevalent in the media arts. Some of the more recent novels and movies with "messianic messages" include SUPERMAN, STAR WARS, MATRIX, THE GREEN MILE, even BAMBI.



In fact, Disney is a big offender. Some are, obviously, more perverse than others. What all of these point to, in various degrees of affirmation, is a "new age spirituality" and an unhealthy interest in the occult.
Two things I'd like to focus on:
1.  Why is the "un-Christian" community so obsessed with a messianic message?
2.  Why is C.S. Lewis so regarded as a "great Christian writer"?

The recurring messianic message is so successful in the media because in the end, there is always the triumph of good over evil. The world assents to these themes, as is made evident by the popularity of the movies or the books. Those that reject God, His Word and His Christ nevertheless affirm that there is evil in the world, and by wishful necessity, there is also righteousness. There is a satan, and there is a messiah. Over all, there is a god. But the producers would not waste their money if they thought their "product" would not be received. And it is received to the tune of millions of dollars.

These are themes the world accepts… at least for entertainment. What the world will not accept though is personal sin, individual responsibility, and submission to the will of the only true God. Their perspective is, "Give it to me in a fashion I can agree with… no personal guilt". There is a proxy syndrome at work here. In the movie or book, the bad guy gets squashed by the good guy and everything is all right… the world is saved. Why is the world so obsessed with the messianic message? Because they know they NEED one!
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness" Rom. 1:18.

C.S. Lewis wrote "The Chronicles of Narnia". He also wrote "The Screwtape Letters". He is described (by some) as the greatest Christian writer of our age.... wow.

[By the time of his death, Lewis had moved from Idealism (no idea of a personal God) to Pantheism (an impersonal God in everything) and then to Theism (the existence of God). In Letters to Malcolm (p. 107), Lewis indicates that shortly before his death he was turning toward the Catholic Church. Lewis termed himself "very Catholic" -- his prayers for the dead, belief in purgatory, and rejection of the literal resurrection of the body are serious deviations from Biblical Christianity (C.S. Lewis: A Biography, p. 234); he even went to a priest for regular confession (p. 198), and received the sacrament of extreme unction on 7/16/63 (p. 301). His contention that some pagans may "belong to Christ without knowing it" is a destructive heresy (Mere Christianity, pp. 176-177), as was his statement that "Christ fullfils both Paganism and Judaism ..." (Reflections on the Psalms, p. 129). Lewis believed that we're to become "gods," an apparent affirmation of theistic evolution. He also believed the Book of Job is "unhistorical" (Reflections on the Psalms, pp. 110), and that the Bible contained "error" (pp. 110, 112) and is not divinely inspired (The Inklings, p. 175). Lewis used profanities, told bawdy stories, and frequently got drunk with his students (5/19/90, World magazine). Christians need to read more critically The Abolition of Man, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, The Great Divorce, and God in the Dock. For example, Lewis never believed in a literal hell, but instead believed hell is a state of mind one chooses to possess and become -- he wrote, "... every shutting-up of the creature within the dungeon of its own mind is, in the end, Hell" (The Great Divorce, p. 65).]  ~C.S. Lewis, General Teachings/Activities.

I will not here make any judgment of salvation, other than to express my doubt. Why is he regarded as such a "great" Christian when historical evidence raises serious questions as to what he did and did not believe. Lewis was into mythology and the occult. He was an atheist before his so-called conversion. While I would not hold a Christian's past against him in any way, I see no evidence that Lewis ever abandoned these beliefs. I see no evidence that Lewis came to a born again conversion. What I see is a life that could not leave his past behind. I see an intellectual acceptance to some of Christianity's tenets. I see his writings of idolatry, bestial personification or anthropomorphism, blasphemy, sorcery, witchcraft. One might say, "the Bible also has references to these things". Go ahead and say it. If you can't tell the difference, you don't really want to know, do you. His literature is a neo-paganistic compromise of Christianity, full of blasphemies.

There is so much to say, not so much about the man, but the legacy, this Narnia series, or any other works which try to serve Christian truths and values on a worldly acceptable platter. So much is directed at our children! What I would want to say would be directed to you, the reader… the believer, the Christian who thinks this "stuff" is OK. It depresses me that Christians have not been "Bereans" about this "stuff" and checked it out for themselves.  Are you happy to just "go along to get along"? Or is it too much work to research the information? Or don't you get it? I am convinced that those who have allowed themselves to accept the "emerging church" philosophies (which care more for political correctness than truth) and their impotent, ecumenical interpretation of the Bible, have also allowed themselves to be prepared to accept this heresy.

["So where do these movies transport the minds of our children (and some adults!)? What kinds of enticements does it feed to their human nature and emotional appetites? What suggestions will leave lasting imprints in their memory? Those are the questions that Christian parents need to ask. And a single phrase answers all three: the world of the occult" ] ~ Blending Truth and Myth  by Berit Kjos.