i think im getting it... or at least understanding the part about the telmarine boy in CS Lewis' The Last Battle. see, the boy thinks hes following tesh (Lewis' spin on Allah/Islam/satan), but he finds himself face to face with a pleased aslan (Lewis' spin on Jesus/Christianity). reading the book, my first reaction was "wha??? has Lewis gone mad?"
but perhaps Lewis hasn't gone [that] batty after all.
a few snippits flash before me:
snippit 1: my roomie goes out to a buddist seminar and comes back with Augastine's Confessions.
snippit 2: a friend sought "the One" (panthesim) and somehow came to Jesus.
snippit 3: in a poem written on one of BRAC's walls, the last line reads "in the end, it is said that all gods bow down to God" (or something along those lines)
snippit 4: "you will find me when you seek me with all your heart" -- God (through Jeremiah)
the magi sought the stars (for they were astrologers) and came to the Christ child. in both of snippits 1 &2, the "real-life, real-time" person sought out something that wasn't of God, yet in the end found the TRUE living God. (similar to the part in TLB) how does that happen?
perhaps snippit 4 is the key, with snippit 3 being a bit of an explantion of 4.
it seems to me, that when one seeks something (God or something of God), one starts off on the path they know, and if they seek ernestly, what they find at the end of the known (often not of God) path they know isn't satisfactory, so they search a bit harder and find God--the true, living God. (the last part is a bit sketchy, cuz something supernatural happens so that the person can jump from the false god to the true God). hence thats why all other gods bow down to the true God (cuz only he can fully satisfy...)
perhaps Lewis has picked up on that (or at least snippits 1&2) and has incorporated it into his work vis-a-vie the telmarine boy in TLB. or perhaps Lewis is suggesting how salvation is possible in an un-Christianized culture.
sounding board anyone?
but perhaps Lewis hasn't gone [that] batty after all.
a few snippits flash before me:
snippit 1: my roomie goes out to a buddist seminar and comes back with Augastine's Confessions.
snippit 2: a friend sought "the One" (panthesim) and somehow came to Jesus.
snippit 3: in a poem written on one of BRAC's walls, the last line reads "in the end, it is said that all gods bow down to God" (or something along those lines)
snippit 4: "you will find me when you seek me with all your heart" -- God (through Jeremiah)
the magi sought the stars (for they were astrologers) and came to the Christ child. in both of snippits 1 &2, the "real-life, real-time" person sought out something that wasn't of God, yet in the end found the TRUE living God. (similar to the part in TLB) how does that happen?
perhaps snippit 4 is the key, with snippit 3 being a bit of an explantion of 4.
it seems to me, that when one seeks something (God or something of God), one starts off on the path they know, and if they seek ernestly, what they find at the end of the known (often not of God) path they know isn't satisfactory, so they search a bit harder and find God--the true, living God. (the last part is a bit sketchy, cuz something supernatural happens so that the person can jump from the false god to the true God). hence thats why all other gods bow down to the true God (cuz only he can fully satisfy...)
perhaps Lewis has picked up on that (or at least snippits 1&2) and has incorporated it into his work vis-a-vie the telmarine boy in TLB. or perhaps Lewis is suggesting how salvation is possible in an un-Christianized culture.
sounding board anyone?
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