![]() But he grew into such an amazing apologist.Īs Lewis answered, there is still a lot of time for Susan. He was such a very reluctant convert at the time of his conversion. And he came back kicking and 'screaming' so to speak. It took him a long time to return to the God he loved as a child. And he had his 'silly' phase all through studying with Professor Kirk, and even the beginning of his career in university, and the war. Lewis, himself, left the love he had for the Lord when he was small and before his mother died. I think it might be good to recall that C. ![]() Especially as Aslan told the Seven Friends of Narnia, and Tirian, that the rail accident they got involved with was based on a real accident. Which is why I think that C.S.Lewis' ending of Last Battle serves a good purpose. She stayed alive, probably found out that people very rarely simply get married and "live happily ever after", just like Cinderella in the fairy stories, since marriage is a whole new ballgame. And that is the point about Susan and the controversy. JK Rowling was inspired by C.S.Lewis in other ways, when she wrote her Harry Potter books, but at the time she made her remark about Susan she hadn't finished her own series, and one of the main points of her series are the challenges of growing up in a world where life isn't meant to be easy. Because all I ever thought was that Susan probably simply got married. ![]() ![]() Today, of all possible days, if you read the news about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, is an interesting day to listen to this particular podcast. ![]()
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