Monday, April 2, 2007
Out of the Silent Planet
I am reading Out of the Silent Planet. This book relates to faith in that a man explores a new world and overcomes fear and comes to faith. The eldila, who work for Oyarsa as messengers and maintainers of the planet, are meant to be angels. Oyarsa is the more powerful angel. Maleldil the Young, Oyarsa's superior, symbolizes Jesus. The "Old one, the creator of Mars, is God the Father. The underlying spiritual message is a rather complex exploration of just what evil is, where it comes from, and what a world without it might be like.
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interesting. i like your take on the underlying spiritual message, and i wonder if you have gotten far enough to talk about what evil is, according to this book? lewis was a christian writer, but that is hardly enough for us to assume anything. what do you think about what he is saying about evil?
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