Bloody link won’t open for me. Was hoping to be the first to get 0 out of 10.
And in a way, you did. :bravo:
Whoo hoo! 10/10. I had to guess on Moby Dick, but it seemed logical.
To determine the winner, Puppet and the chief must answer a bonus question.
What size boots did Jesus wear?
May I suggest that the quizmaster be Rowan Atkinson as St Peter?
Any Americans? etc etc
Rats! I got 8! I’m a closet Christian!
Like Aslan?
More like luck than God’s hand guiding the mouse.
He wore sandals, Dr Mc. Ha! Won’t catch me out.
Commonly called Jesus Boots.
Yeah, like, whatEV. Would Jesus choose Crocs or Birkenstocks?
Like Aslan?[/quote]
You also got that feeling? More so in the books than the movies though.
Commonly called Jesus Boots.[/quote]
Quite so. Used to love wearing them in SA. Hard to get ones even remotely close here. good for summer.
Tough call. Which are cheaper? I’m guessing neither. In Taiwan he’d go with blue flip-flops.
Like Aslan?[/quote]
You also got that feeling? More so in the books than the movies though.[/quote]
The books are soaked in Christianity:
-
The emperor over the sea: God (the Father)
-
Aslan (son of the emperor over the sea): Christ. Note in particular his sacrificial death, the atonement, which in particular achieves reconciliation with Edmund (Judas), whose betrayal led to Aslan’s death, and the manner in which he empowers his followers by breathing on them (a Johannine Christological motif)
-
‘son of Adam’ and ‘daughter of Eve’: used repeatedly to refer to human children from our world
As for the books (in their chronological sequence according to the narrative, not the order in which they were written):
-
First book, ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ (prequel written after ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’): contains a creation scene in which Aslan speaks or sings the world into existence, as well as a temptation and fall scene involving the illicit use of the fruit of a tree of life
-
Second book, ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’: roughly akin to the Israelite bondage in Egypt (taken from Exodus)
-
Third book, ‘Prince Caspian’: an interregnum and social chaos in which belief is weak and every man does that which is right in his own eyes, leading to a restoration of the faith and the establishment of the rightful monarchy (drawn from Judges and 1 Samuel)
-
Fourth book, ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’: somewhat homiletical, reminds me of ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’, largely a morality tale (drawn from the wisdom literature, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes), including some explicit Christian salvic imagery (baptism and moral regeneration), culminating in some very heavy Christological imagery (borrowed from Revelation)
-
Fifth book, ‘The Silver Chair’: another interregnum, combined with apostasy (drawn from 1-2 Kings)
-
Sixth book, ‘Shasta: Or, the Horse and His Boy’: fairly simple ‘call of the Gentiles’ narrative in a pseudo-Persian background (much like Esther or Daniel)
-
Seventh book, ‘The Last Battle’: very typical and somewhat heavy handed evangelical Futurist eschatology, containing all the usual elements such as an apostasy of the latter days with an ‘AntiChrist’ figure, an enforced syncretic pagan/Christian religion, an interregnum, widespread lack of faith, emphasis on Aslan/Christ’s long absence, the dwarves/Jews depicted as irredeemable rejectors of Aslan/Christ, an eschatological return of Aslan/Christ, followed by a cataclysmic last battle/Armageddon, a resurrection/judgment/reward/punishment sequence, the destruction of the old world and the creation of a new (drawn largely from Ezekiel, Daniel, the synoptic apocalypse, 2 Thessalonians 2, and Revelation)
Curiously enough, Tolkien (who converted Lewis from atheism to Christianity in an evening), highly disliked the Narnia Chronicles as he believed they were overly simplistic and had lowered the tone of the sacred narrative. This caused a serious rupture in their friendship.
Like Aslan?[/quote]
[/quote]
Sorry, it was a funny funny joke.
As F says, they were supposed to be. I haven’t actually read them: wasn’t really my thing as a kid. Kind of male. I only read ‘the Lion, the Witch and the wardobe’. Could never be bothered with Tolkein, either: just never caught my imagination. Although curiously, I’ve read both writers’ non-fiction stuff, way back at school/university.
Don’t worry, I think I got it (closet/wardrobe, right?).
Don’t worry, I think I got it (closet/wardrobe, right?).[/quote]
Yeah 
If people either don’t really notice or aren’t sure if it was a joke, then it’s not really a joke, I guess…
“Fairies wear boots, now ya gotta believe me…”
:note:
youtube.com/watch?v=HWxYTDa6lgs
[quote=“Fortigurn”]The books are soaked in Christianity:
-
The emperor over the sea: God (the Father)
-
Aslan (son of the emperor over the sea): Christ. Note in particular his sacrificial death, the atonement, which in particular achieves reconciliation with Edmund (Judas), whose betrayal led to Aslan’s death, and the manner in which he empowers his followers by breathing on them (a Johannine Christological motif)
-
‘son of Adam’ and ‘daughter of Eve’: used repeatedly to refer to human children from our world
As for the books (in their chronological sequence according to the narrative, not the order in which they were written):
-
First book, ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ (prequel written after ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’): contains a creation scene in which Aslan speaks or sings the world into existence, as well as a temptation and fall scene involving the illicit use of the fruit of a tree of life
-
Second book, ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’: roughly akin to the Israelite bondage in Egypt (taken from Exodus)
-
Third book, ‘Prince Caspian’: an interregnum and social chaos in which belief is weak and every man does that which is right in his own eyes, leading to a restoration of the faith and the establishment of the rightful monarchy (drawn from Judges and 1 Samuel)
-
Fourth book, ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’: somewhat homiletical, reminds me of ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’, largely a morality tale (drawn from the wisdom literature, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes), including some explicit Christian salvic imagery (baptism and moral regeneration), culminating in some very heavy Christological imagery (borrowed from Revelation)
-
Fifth book, ‘The Silver Chair’: another interregnum, combined with apostasy (drawn from 1-2 Kings)
-
Sixth book, ‘Shasta: Or, the Horse and His Boy’: fairly simple ‘call of the Gentiles’ narrative in a pseudo-Persian background (much like Esther or Daniel)
-
Seventh book, ‘The Last Battle’: very typical and somewhat heavy handed evangelical Futurist eschatology, containing all the usual elements such as an apostasy of the latter days with an ‘AntiChrist’ figure, an enforced syncretic pagan/Christian religion, an interregnum, widespread lack of faith, emphasis on Aslan/Christ’s long absence, the dwarves/Jews depicted as irredeemable rejectors of Aslan/Christ, an eschatological return of Aslan/Christ, followed by a cataclysmic last battle/Armageddon, a resurrection/judgment/reward/punishment sequence, the destruction of the old world and the creation of a new (drawn largely from Ezekiel, Daniel, the synoptic apocalypse, 2 Thessalonians 2, and Revelation)
Curiously enough, Tolkien (who converted Lewis from atheism to Christianity in an evening), highly disliked the Narnia Chronicles as he believed they were overly simplistic and had lowered the tone of the sacred narrative. This caused a serious rupture in their friendship.[/quote]
:bravo: Excellent post!!!
[quote=“Dr. McCoy”]To determine the winner, Puppet and the chief must answer a bonus question.
What size boots did Jesus wear?[/quote]
“European or American size?”
“I don’t know. Wait…Ahhhhhhhhh…”