What was the comment that was so controversial?
“Aslan symbolises a Christ-like figure but he also symbolises for me Mohammed, Buddha and all the great spiritual leaders and prophets over the centuries. That’s who Aslan stands for as well as a mentor figure for kids – that’s what he means for me.”
Anyone who has read the Narnia series and anything by C.S. Lewis knows that Aslan was intended to be a supposition of Christ. If you study world religions, you’ll find that Aslan could not be a reflection of Mohammed or Buddha. ‘He is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, “What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia, and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?”’
From The Daily Mail:
Neeson, 58, who grew up in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, is a practising Roman Catholic and was named after his parish priest. His actress wife Natasha Richardson died in a skiing accident in March last year.
Two years ago, he teamed up with an order of American Catholic priests to bring out a CD of spiritual meditations for Lent.
Walter Hooper, Lewis’s former secretary and a trustee of his estate, said the author would have been outraged.
‘It is nothing whatever to do with Islam,’ he said.
‘Lewis would have simply denied that. He wrote that the “whole Narnian story is about Christ”. Lewis could not have been clearer.’
Read more: The Daily Mail
As I understand it, Mr. Neeson himself is currently in a very questioning state in his life. I would go into more detail on it, but it’s his personal life and not for us to interfere with. I feel he needs more prayers than disdain. Instead of acting out irrationally toward him, I think some understanding, forgiveness and prayer is in order.
What do you think?