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I was an atheist until i read “The Lord Of The Rings”
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| 12-16-2016
| Fredric Heidemann
Posted on 01/03/2017 2:22:39 PM PST by fishtank
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To: NorthMountain
Tolkien was a Catholic, and one of the translators of the Jerusalem Bible. Also a good friend to C.S. Lewis.Also a "higher critic" of the Bible.
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posted on
01/04/2017 6:59:13 AM PST
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Viriycho sogeret umesuggeret mipnei Benei Yisra'el; 'ein yotze' ve'ein ba'.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
I’m a young earth creationist,
but I don’t think it’s a doctrine that determines salvation.
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posted on
01/04/2017 9:18:19 AM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Timmy; fishtank
"I think everyone considers Sam the most noble and heroic character in LOTR. I dont believe that is an accident. ~~~~~~~~~~~
Have you ever observed who had -- literally -- "the last word" in LOTR...?
Have you ever considered what a tremendously masterful bit of writing that ending was?
For more years than I'd like to admit, I have read the entire Hobbit + LOTR series at least once a year -- usually when camping -- in my hammock...
Even so, each time, that ending laves me a bit "stunned" for a while -- as it leads me to mentally review the series -- and to muse on the bright future ahead for the one who has just journeyed through such vast darkness...
Religious? Perhaps not.
Numinious? Yes, indeed...
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posted on
01/04/2017 10:25:44 AM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally. "Comey" Barack's current toadie...)
To: fishtank
To: fishtank
Fredric lives with his wife and their daughter in the Lansing, Michigan area, where he also works as an attorney. Born and raised in an atheist family, Fredric dismissed religion until his late teenage years when he abandoned atheism. He entered the Catholic Church in 2006 during his freshman year of college and loves sharing his story.
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posted on
01/04/2017 11:24:49 AM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: IronJack
My understanding is that it has no effect on him simply because he pre-dates the ring and possibly its creator.
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posted on
01/05/2017 4:02:10 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: kearnyirish2
That’s one explanation. But Gandalf seems to write him off as a flibbertigibbet, and fears to entrust the Ring to him for fear he would simply misplace it. Given that Gandalf himself is a Ringbearer and one of the Valar, you would think he would recognize in Bombadil something of a kindred spirit if one was there. Instead, he dismisses him as a lightweight unworthy of carrying the Ring.
My own interpretation of the character is that he is the ultimate carefree spirit, detached from any concerns of the earth but his own, not in a selfish or narcisisstic way but more in the manner of a flighty child.
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posted on
01/05/2017 5:35:12 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: kearnyirish2
Correction: Gandalf was not one of the Valar; he was an Istari, a slightly lower caste.
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posted on
01/05/2017 5:42:12 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
Gandalf does express reservations because he thinks Tom simply doesn’t care.
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01/05/2017 1:36:29 PM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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