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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I never read the bible and the little I retained from the Narnia Chronicles resumes to talking creatures battling over the common trope of good vs evil.

I'm an atheist and I was able to take some entertainment from those works without feeling dragged into a christian analogy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hence why I made sure to point out that it's much better written than the source material it's based on.

Just because Aslan is basically Jesus as a lion doesn't mean that atheists like you and myself can't enjoy it ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, that point is clear but, again, to what degree the author of the Harry Potter series being an atheist prevents her from enjoying the Narnia Chronicles as just a fantasy series?

We're both atheists and we managed. Although you were able to read more between the lines; for me, the talking lion was just that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless FlyingSquid is married to JK Rowling, nobody said whether or not the author of HP is an atheist ๐Ÿคท

In fact, a quick search reveals that the transphobic ass is a Christian herself.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Squids. Too close to Chthulu to be trusted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being calles untrustworthy or being related to Chthulu?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I may be untrustworthy but that dude is an ASSHOLE.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. After all, Chthulu wants to destroy the universe and plunge everything into the infinite chaos.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It helps that The Chronicles of Narnia are fantasy books.