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* Tirian in the Last Battle, particularly throwing Shift into the stable.

* Emeth the saved Calormene, who worshipped Tash so sincerely that he walked into what he thought was the presence of Tash even though he expected to die on the spot. And then Aslan gently tells him "Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me." This also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ''and'' a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] for [[CS ~~Lewis~~ ~~(Creator)~~|CS Lewis]] the theologist. The meaning of Aslan's speech is that it does not matter what name you call God, as long as you follow out of a sincere search for truth rather than just paying lip service to religion.

* Emeth the saved Calormene, who worshipped Tash so sincerely that he walked into what he thought was the presence of Tash even though he expected to die on the spot. And then Aslan gently tells him "Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me." This also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ''and'' a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] for [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]] the theologist. The meaning of Aslan's speech is that it does not matter what name you call God, as long as you follow out of a sincere search for truth rather than just paying lip service to religion.

** A troper on the Awesome page for ''The Silver Chair'' says a speech from that book is a good summary of why they still have religious faith -- this part from TLB is the cornerstone of what this troper believes (no matter what ''anyone'' tries to say), and I first saw it here when I was too young to know what I was seeing.

*** And still more awesome is Emeth's own honesty when he sees Aslan and thinks "[[Oh Crap]], I should have been worshipping ''him'' all along, and he must know I haven't" - and he admits the shameful fact to Aslan himself.