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1 posted on
12/09/2003 12:17:12 AM PST by
LadyDoc
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One of the great works of literature inspired by Christ is The Lord of the Rings, and the ubiquity of virtuous hatred in the books and films has left some people uncomfortable. Recently, the film version of The Two Towers, the second installment of the trilogy, was released on DVD. Watching it again, I was reminded of the despair exhibited by some critics. One reviewer was put off by the breathtaking scene when the armies of the West come face-to-face with the armies of the evil wizard Saruman. The good soldier Aragorn calls to his men, "Show them no mercy, for you shall receive none." Aragorns army is beaten back into a corner of the castle, and his king feels all is lost. "What can men do against such reckless hate?" he wonders.
Aragorn doesnt hesitate: "Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them."
To one critic, this response was too clean and easyand too evocative of the "hysteria" following September 11. The left has continually tried to muffle Americans hatred for radical Islam by equating it with racial profiling, but that hasnt worked. Americans know evil when they see it, and all the social and economic reports from Amnesty International wont change that.
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2 posted on
12/09/2003 1:22:29 PM PST by
ecurbh
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Its time to bring back hate. To be sure, as a Christian it is important that I try to separate my hate for evil from the person pushing evil, whether its a morally kneecapped woman screaming for abortion, a rapist or a thief. Hate the sin and love the sinner and all that. But increasingly in our culture, the rule is, psychoanalyze the sinner and explain away the sin through socioeconomicseither that or it spills vats of hate on silly targets, like the president. We are in desperate need of the real thing, saved for an appropriate target.Oh, say that's good.
Dan
Biblical Christianity web site
3 posted on
12/09/2003 1:57:39 PM PST by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: LadyDoc
Thanks for the Ping!! EXCELLENT ARTICLE
5 posted on
12/09/2003 3:21:16 PM PST by
Alkhin
(He thinks I need keeping in order.)
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