3. I haven't read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Have you? According to Wikipedia (not the ideal source but it does provide references)
While I do not think Wikipedia is always correct on everything (like say history or the Bible), that does not mean they don't get basic things like movies correct.
A person can simply Google it and read about a dozen pages or articles on the movie that talks about it. A person can also just rent the movie skip through it to confirm that such a scene is in the film. I am sure that it will confirm to a person that Lucy casts a spell.
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which is rather different from your "I remember that Lucy was one of the good characters."
Remember no one is good but God. Maybe you need to think of the meaning of the whole story rather than lifting one small part from its context and attacking that.
It is true that nobody is good but God, but Christians are also called saints for a reason, too. So is this a contradiction in Scripture? By no means. The good that Christians do is the Lord working through them. In other words, God does the good work through believers. So when they preach, they help the poor, and they love the brethren while abiding in God, it is the Lord who does the good work. For Jesus says we can do nothing without Him (John 15:5). So nobody is good alone APART from God. We abide in His good ways after we are saved by God's grace. if we turn back to abide in sin and evil, then we will be judged for such things and be condemned unless we repent of such things (of course).
4. Comparing reading a "spell" from a book to "explicit sex scenes" is a category error. One could generate a work of fiction where a "spell" is simply random words taken from a history textbook, say. So what would actually be shown (if filmed) is someone reading a few random words from a book with no connection to magic spells. The fiction would be that it was a magic spell but that would only be the case in the fiction not the reality.
Narnia is required reading by certain witches. This is because C.S. Lewis was into the occult and he wrote of the occult in his Narnia series. In Narnia, we see pagan gods, spell casting, etc. Spell casting is sorcery in our real world. We cannot change this sin into a fantasy setting. Spell casting (sorcery) is condemned in Revelation 21:8. Sorcerers will be cast into the Lake of Fire. So if we fantasize about Lucy casting spells, we must realize that she would be cast into the Lake of Fire because she would be a sorcerer in God's eyes. We cannot turn sin into a fantasy. Yet, when I bring up sexual immorality like say inappropriate content it becomes a different matter. Why is that?
On the other hand, a sex scene shown in a work of fiction would still be a sex scene in reality even if it was part of a work of fiction.
Right because sex is real. Just as sorcery done by witches today is real.
“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,” (2 Thessalonians 2:9).
Later he wrote in Surprised by Joy
"I do not mean that Miss C did this, better say the Enemy did this in me"
Which means Lewis rejects occultism.
Now do you mean that only people who are sinless should write Christian books?
If you think so then why are you writing on this forum?
You seem to be applying a standard to C S Lewis you are not prepared to apply to yourself.
C.S. Lewis might have claimed he was Christian, and this may be true at the end of his life or on his deathbed, but he also claimed that he struggled with the occult and it shows in his writings. He also believed in Evolution. He believed Adam and Eve were not literal people. He believes much of the Old Testament is mythical. He denies the Substitutionary Atonement. He believes people of other religions (who continue in that religion and don't change) can be saved. He believes that a belief in a literal Satan is not necessary as a part of the Christian faith. He believes that the Bible has errors in it. He believes that other books besides the Bible can be inspired (Note: See these statements are taken from his own quotes at the following link in this post).
In fact, here is a quote by C.S. Lewis on Jesus' prophecy of the End Times:
"Say what you like," we shall be told, "the apocalyptic beliefs of the first Christians have been proved to be false. It is clear from the New Testament that they all expected the Second Coming in their own lifetime. And, worse still, they had a reason, and one which you will find very embarassing. Their Master had told them so. He shared, and indeed created, their delusion. He said in so many words, 'this generation shall not pass till all these things be done.' And he was wrong. He clearly knew no more about the end of the world than anyone else. It is certainly the most embarassing verse in the Bible. Yet how teasing, also, that within fourteen words of it should come the statement"
While he may be a Christian, his statement above here does not appear to be Christian like in being support of what the Scriptures say, and yet people are eating up his occult fantasy books like candy.
Narnia portrays characters that are from real life paganism (i.e. the occult). The faun that Lucy runs into is Pan (who is a god of lust). What is a god of lust doing when he hangs out with a little girl by himself? There are other pagan gods mentioned, as well.
p. 192 - "
Bacchus and the Maenads ---
his fierce, madcap girls --- and
Silenus, were still with them. Lucy, fully rested, jumped up. Everyone was awake, everyone was laughing,
flutes were playing, cymbals clashing.
Animals, not Talking Animals, were crowding in upon them from every direction.
" 'What is it, Aslan?' said Lucy, her eyes dancing and her feet wanting to dance.
" 'Come, children," said he. 'Ride on my back again to-day.' "
" 'Oh lovely!' cried Lucy, and both girls climbed on to the warm golden back as they had done no-one knew how many years before. Then the whole party moved off ---
Aslan leading.
Bacchus and his Maenads leaping, rushing and turning somersaults,
the beasts frisking round them, and
Silenus and his donkey bringing up the rear." [Emphasis added.]
Now, note here that Lewis actually names the Maenads and describes them as "fierce". To complete the description of this devil worship for your children to mimic in their play, he adds the flutes and cymbals, and animals are brought in, though their fate at the hands of the Maenads is carefully excluded.
He also describes them going down a hill into town where they found a girls' school. The girls were dressed in ugly tight collars, thick stockings and tight hairdos. The teacher and class all fled in terror except one girl. Aslan called her "sweetheart" and asked her to join his wild crowd, which she did. She was instantly dancing with the Maenads who helped her take off some of her "unnecessary" and uncomfortable clothes!
So, Lewis is telling your children that in order to be part of this wild bunch (which he portrays as fun), they must join in the dancing and take off some of their clothes!
This sounds remarkably similar to one of the accounts in the Bible -- the occasion on which Aaron made the golden calf and Israel worshipped it with a wild feast and dancing party. When Moses got back down the mountain, he confronted Aaron and received a stupid excuse. Then we read,
Exodus 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people
were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto
their shame among their enemies ; 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side?
let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side,
and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
From this account we can see that the LORD does not look lightly on this sort of thing. Allowing C.S. Lewis to teach your children such heathenism is perilous to say the least!
Source used for the latter half of this post.
C.S. Lewis depths of Satan, Chronicles of Narnia, Dionysus
Other source used to reference C.S. Lewis' false beliefs:
CS LEWIS – The most beloved heretic
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May God bless you, as well (even if we disagree with Scripture strongly).
