November 26, 2005

Blogthings Quizzes


Your Inner European is Swedish!



Relaxed and peaceful. You like to kick back and enjoy life.

Who’s Your Inner European?


Your Blog Should Be Purple


You’re an expressive, offbeat blogger who tends to write about anything and everything.
You tend to set blogging trends, and you’re the most likely to write your own meme or survey.
You are a bit distant though. Your blog is all about you - not what anyone else has to say.
What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?


Brainy Kid


In high school, you were acing AP classes or hanging out in the computer lab.
You may have been a bit of a geek back then, but now you’re a total success!
Who Were You In High School?


You Are 28 Years Old


Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what’s to come… love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You’ve had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You’ve been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
What Age Do You Act?


Your Blogging Type is Unique and Avant Garde


You’re a bit … unusual. And so is your blog.
You’re impulsive, and you’ll often post the first thing that pops in your head.
Completely uncensored, you blog tends to shock… even though that’s not your intent.
You tend to change your blog often, experimenting with new designs and content.
What’s Your Blogging Personality?

Narnia with Paganism Mixed In?

Well, The Chronicles of Narnia comes to theaters soon (I can’t wait to see it) and most Christians are loving the idea that a movie with Christian undertones is on it’s way. But, is it really all Christian? Mr. Peter Chattaway doesn’t seem to think so. There are many pagan elements running through the Christian theme of the story.

Presumably, the centaurs and fauns will look more or less like the mythological creatures depicted in ancient Greco-Roman art. But will, say, Mr Tumnus regale Lucy with stories of how the Roman god Bacchus filled the streams with wine when he feasted with the forest people?

And Catholic critic Stephen D. Greydanus stated that

the Narnia stories are doubly apologetic. On the one hand, they introduce the non-Christian reader to stories with a Christian sensibility. But they also constitute an intriguing defense of pagan mythology — a defense that may not be welcome in some modern churches.

As the author of Mere Christianity himself might say, the Narnian stories are Christian, but they are not merely that.

The Paganism of Narnia

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