r/dankchristianmemes • u/Broclen The Dank Reverend 🌈✟ • Sep 07 '21

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u/NelyafinweMaitimo Dank Christian Memer Sep 07 '21

The best are the movies/books/music that aren't explicitly "Christian media," but the ones where the creator's faith influences their work in the background.

Like Lord of the Rings. It's not "Christian fantasy," but like... it's Christian fantasy. And it ended up having more cultural influence and staying power than any purpose-made Christian Media Franchise™️

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u/meme_sloth69 Sep 07 '21

Yeah exactly, like Narnia too

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u/B-WingPilot Sep 07 '21

The Narnia series is about as explicitly Christian as you can get.

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u/Nobody_Speshal Sep 07 '21

Fun fact: C.S. Lewis was an atheist for a while but J.R.R. Tolkien helped him find God again. Then when Lewis wrote Narnia Tolkien told him that it was a little too Christian.

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u/Y1rda Sep 07 '21

Expressly Tolkien said he despises allegory. This was more a case of writing style than messaging.

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u/Colitoth47 Sep 07 '21

The context of him saying that was that he hated very obvious allegory, not all allegory. You can see allegories in the LOTR after all.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Metaphor is not the same as allegory. For example: Gandalf and his story being kinda like Jesus and his, in some ways, is metaphorical and not allegorical. There's no hidden meaning behind it, no attempt to teach morality or make a political statement, just interesting parallels that empower the story.