Kelsey Garegnani-till we have faces

“Do you not see, Master?” said the Fox, “that the priest is talking nonsense?” A shadow is to be an animal which is also a goddess which is also a god, and loving is to be eating- a child of six would talk more sense!”

The priest is telling them how they have been misguided and trying to correct them when the Fox says this. This quote really stuck out to me because it reminded me of how in the Bible those who were preaching the gospel were often, and still are, considered foolish by the “wise” people of the world. (1 Cor 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.)
Also, in the same sense, those that might seem wise are really not because their wisdom is world based. (1 Cor 1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?) I also saw a parallel to how the priest is being belittled and discredited by the Fox even though he was right. Jesus, when he told the Pharisees about their sin was treated in a similar way. They made him look bad or tried to bring up false accusations against him when really he was just trying to tell them what it was they were doing wrong and misunderstanding. From a Lewis point of view, we can see how fictions can sometimes be seen as “just for fun” and not as serving any other purpose. People might even say that the fanciful stories of flying and other worlds are nonsense and that “a child of six could talk more sense”. In the same way though they introduce new ideas and concepts to us that we cant disregard or discredit.