Telling Edmund

MrBob

MrBob

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Lucy and Susan got into a short discussion after Edmund had been revived about whether or not to tell him that Aslan took his place on the sacrificial table. Susan was adamant that he should not be told as it would be so awakard to have to live with that on your conscience while Lucy felt that Edmund should be told. The thing is that it is never stated one way or the other whether he was told.

Should he have been told? If you were in the position of Lucy and Susan, would you tell your brother what Aslan did for him?

For me, I think they should have waited until things calmed down a little and they were becoming more used to their new royal lives before teling Edmund. He did have a right to know that Aslan took his place and then rose back from the dead.

MrBob
 
I tend to agree with you MrBob. :) I do believe Edmund had a right to know about what happened. He probably would of even appreciated Aslan even more than he already did. I think actually out of all people he should of been the first to know.
 
I am not complete sure of that. The love developed by Ed later for the Lion was out of their respect of the Lion's action and his love for the Lion.

if Ed found out the Lion took the knife for him, there is a possibility that love would be tainted by guilt. He would not be able to speak to the Lion freely as he did before.

-The Land of nod-
 
The Land of NoD said:
if Ed found out the Lion took the knife for him, there is a possibility that love would be tainted by guilt. He would not be able to speak to the Lion freely as he did before.
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You have a good point there. but;
MrBob said:
I think they should have waited until things calmed down a little and they were becoming more used to their new royal lives before teling Edmund. He did have a right to know that Aslan took his place and then rose back from the dead.
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I think that overall, they should have told him. After all, if we hadn't been told what Christ did for us, where would we be? :)
 
hmmm that's a tough one. It is true knowing Ed that he would go into guilt but like some of you said if we weren't told Christ died for us then we would be thrown into the dark not knowing someone died for our sins and such. So it could go either way. I would choose to tell him as soon as everyone was settled and maybe if Aslan was there to explain it to him then to wouldn't be too too bad would it? Although, i don't have the right to say since if it weren't for them not telling we might not have the same series of books that we all know and love.

But whatever you say counts. It's up to the person, i think there is alot of answers to this!
 
There's one thing I'd like to add and that is, we don't know for sure whether Edmund knew, but there is something more than a hint in VotDT that he had been told. It's after Eustace was changed back into a boy after he had been a dragon, and he was asking Edmund about Aslan. Edmund gives several answers about what Aslan is like, and one of them is, "He saved me and he saved Narnia." That extra emphasis on "he saved me" would lead me to think that he had, in fact, been told.

I'd also like to point out that this is one place in which the Chronicles do not exactly parallel orthodox Christianity. In the books, Edmund was saved by Aslan's gift regardless of whether he accepted it or not. But Christians believe that every person has a choice of whether he will believe and accept Christ's salvation or whether he will refuse, in which case he will be lost anyway. So I'd say that in this particular situation, the allegory does not apply.
 
SweetWaters said:
There's one thing I'd like to add and that is, we don't know for sure whether Edmund knew, but there is something more than a hint in VotDT that he had been told. It's after Eustace was changed back into a boy after he had been a dragon, and he was asking Edmund about Aslan. Edmund gives several answers about what Aslan is like, and one of them is, "He saved me and he saved Narnia." That extra emphasis on "he saved me" would lead me to think that he had, in fact, been told.

I'd also like to point out that this is one place in which the Chronicles do not exactly parallel orthodox Christianity. In the books, Edmund was saved by Aslan's gift regardless of whether he accepted it or not. But Christians believe that every person has a choice of whether he will believe and accept Christ's salvation or whether he will refuse, in which case he will be lost anyway. So I'd say that in this particular situation, the allegory does not apply.
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nice find :D
 
thats a hard one. if they DID tell him i think he would appreciate EVERYTHING a lot more knowing that he was going to die, but was saved by someones love.
but if they DIDNT tell him, he would never have the nagging of knowing in his head constantly. who wants that?
but i think i wouldve told him.. alas its a hard choice to make!
 
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