Now there is a similar argument between Christianity and Faerie as there is between Beauty and Deception. On first glance one would think they are at odds with each other in name. We do have those who are christian who refuse to enact such faerie things as Santa Claus, and we have those who support them whole heartedly. Again we have an argument. Does Faerie help or hinder Christianity? Now lets just examine for a moment that it did hinder Christianity. I can think of some extreme examples. For example wishing for faerie to be real could distract a person from the more important fact to follow the greatest commandment to love the Lord your God. It is possible that we can be swayed by even the most virtuous things to break that command. However, I think it is more likely that the man absorbed in faerie will find its reality is Christianity. All those years they spent trying to find faerie they find that the world of faerie is Heaven. That all the great terror and beauty of faerie comes from no one less than God himself.
Now I have read or heard some quotes over the years that could help better portray this argument.
"Children need something as fantastical to believe in as Santa Claus otherwise how will they accept something so fantastical as the Son of God rising from the dead." This is a quote from my father and his take on this argument. Even though someday children find out the truth about Santa Claus they can search long and hard for the truth behind Christ's death and resurrection. What they will find though is the truth that it is true. Which leads me to by next quote by C. S. Lewis, "You must be careful what you read to remain Atheist." This is an argument C. S. Lewis expounds on in his own works that to be an Atheist the majority of all humanity in all history has to be wrong for Atheism to be true. If you continue to read and argue with the old texts you will find yourself up against arguments for which you have no answer, and you will be in danger of believing.
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