The Lion of Narnia has elements of Muhammad, Buddha, all the Great Prophets and Spiritual Leaders

"But there's no mistaking that The Chronicles of Narnia has always connected with audiences in a mystical, magical way. And to whatever extent that is true with the books, I think it will be equally true with this movie."

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Is the new Narnia movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, tantamount to Christian propaganda? Or is it an affront to the faithful, its makers so irreligious and "stupid" that they have destroyed the Christian thinking behind the books?

Both, if recent press reaction is to be believed. The Guardian's own Andrew Pulver noted "the sledgehammer moral lessons with nakedly religious overtones" found in "the godlike burbling of Liam Neeson, the voice of Aslan", whenever "the lion has to deliver one of his homilies".

On the flip side, Neeson remarked in a press conference last week that, in addition to Aslan's Christ-like qualities, he finds elements of "Muhammad, Buddha, all the great, great prophets and spiritual leaders that we've had over the centuries". Read more at www.guardian.co.uk

 

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