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Narnia represents everything that is most hateful in religion.
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Narnia represents everything that is most hateful in religion. This bold statement was put forward by a journalist writing for The Guardian newspaper. The article itself looks at the role which the media plays in the controversial religious debate. The newly released film, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, an accurate adaptation of the classic novel by C S Lewis, has been placed under scrutiny for promoting the film as religious. The writer of the article, Polly Toynbee, makes no conscious effort to disguise her own opinions and thoughts of both the novel, the film and Christianity. It has been suggested that C S Lewis, a devout Christian, integrated his religious beliefs and the Christian ideology into his written series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Narnia itself is said to be a mixture of wonderful magic and mysticism, alongside Christianity. However, according to Lewis, God is not the omniscient divine presence as we...
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