Difster Hits A Home Run.

“Whether or not C.S. Lewis was a Christian is indeed irrelevant.
It cannot be argued however that the Chronicles are based heavily on Biblical theology. Is that theology complete and correct? It's allegorical fiction so it's not likely to be complete or correct.The books he wrote say nothing of his eternal destiny.
There is nothing that prevents me (other than a lack of talent and time) from writing a work of fiction that would, to a Muslim, seem inspired by Allah himself. Writing such a work would say nothing about what I actually believed or my eternal fate. As a Christian, it would be quite unexpected for me to write such a thing but not a point on which to judge my life or my beliefs.”
Difster

To say that this has been a hot topic of discussion around the Eaglewood household would be an understatement. It basically came down to this in our discussions: Lewis wrote from what he knew and what types of influences he had during his life. He was led to Christianity late in life and was a professor of English literature. As a mater of fact the first two books in the Narnia series were originally written before C.S. Lewis converted and then rewritten to reflect more of his Christian worldview. He was a member of the Church of England, which was heavily teaching theistic evolution at the time, and Greek, Roman, and Celtic mythology heavily influence English literature.

The books were meant as an allegory, a loose one but still an allegory. Is it heavy in Biblical theology? No it is not, but there are allot of Christian based stories that are out there that are not. Should we just simply not read or see anything that is not directly associated with the Word of G_d?

The thing that disturbed me the most was the apparent use of proof texting on C.S. Lewis’ works without the context of the whole of his work. Taking isolated passages out of anyone’s writing can be made to look bad upon the author. We as Christians should be very careful about this, and should understand this the most because our own book from G_d is taken out of context all the time. Does C.S. Lewis’ writings deserve scrutiny? I would be disappointed if they were not scrutinized, but I hate when people ascribe motive and intent to works of pure fiction, and then make assertions about a person’s salvation based upon those few texts. This especially in the light that he cannot either defend his position or make the claim that he was wrong about something he wrote early on in his walk. Could C.S. Lewis of had some mistaken thoughts and beliefs during his short walk as a believer? I am sure he did as we all do, we are all fallible, fallen beings and prone to getting things wrong, and viewing things through our own limited vision.