The True Meaning of "Too Old for Narnia?"
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 10:36 pm
I was listening to the FotF MN radio drama the other day and a sudden thought crossed my mind that temporarily confused me. Uncle Andrew, Queen Helen, and King Frank. When they were all clearly older than Peter in PC. So I started thinking how can the Pensevies be too old for Narnia if none of them were? Did Lewis forget this in MN? Or were those three just special exceptions?
Well after much thought I began to seriously doubt the first answer, the second one was plausible, but nowhere near bullet-proof. And besides none of the children were exactly the same age when they were told this. So was it kinda like an age range thing? Maybe, but it still didn't fit.
This all brings me to my current thought process. Could it be that by "old" Lewis meant rather than growing up physically, they were growing spiritually? Is is a symbol that they were maturing and that they were growing in Christ so they no longer needed Narnia because they had achieved the "very reason" they were brought there in the first place.
I'm beginning to think this is the answer. It explain's the children's age difference, and I think we can safely say Uncle Andrew was neither mature nor spiritually grown in Christ. And we don't really know much about the Cabby, or his Wife's spiritual side... Not to mention the Telmarine's ancestors- the pirates were probably Neither very spiritual or moral since they were pirates. So what do you think? Could that mean what he means bye "old"? Not age, but maturity and spirituality?
Well after much thought I began to seriously doubt the first answer, the second one was plausible, but nowhere near bullet-proof. And besides none of the children were exactly the same age when they were told this. So was it kinda like an age range thing? Maybe, but it still didn't fit.
This all brings me to my current thought process. Could it be that by "old" Lewis meant rather than growing up physically, they were growing spiritually? Is is a symbol that they were maturing and that they were growing in Christ so they no longer needed Narnia because they had achieved the "very reason" they were brought there in the first place.
I'm beginning to think this is the answer. It explain's the children's age difference, and I think we can safely say Uncle Andrew was neither mature nor spiritually grown in Christ. And we don't really know much about the Cabby, or his Wife's spiritual side... Not to mention the Telmarine's ancestors- the pirates were probably Neither very spiritual or moral since they were pirates. So what do you think? Could that mean what he means bye "old"? Not age, but maturity and spirituality?