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Forum: The Books
08-08-2007, 08:50 AM
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alatar asks Manwë, Lord of Air, Heating and...
alatar asks Manwë, Lord of Air, Heating and Cooling (See Ulmo with plumbing problems) to send Bêthberry some cool conditioned air. :cool: Must have been one of those days when I got too much... |
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Forum: The Books
07-16-2007, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 56
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Been thinking about this issue again. Did...
Been thinking about this issue again. Did Tolkien's - and all of ours - feelings about death get stamped into his brain in childhood? Is that when we learn that Death is the Enemy to be feared? ... |
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Forum: The Books
11-18-2005, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 56
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Excellent thoughts, Gurthang. My thinking is...
Excellent thoughts, Gurthang. My thinking is that the Gift is not something one just accepts on a whim - nothing on TV today, and so...Think that humans are proteced with a failsafe device that... |
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Forum: The Books
11-17-2005, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 56
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To my knowledge, there is no mention of Eru in...
To my knowledge, there is no mention of Eru in Aragorn's death scene. In the Silmarillion (Of the Beginning of Days ?), I know that it's spelled out that Eru gives the Gift of Death to Men and that... |
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Forum: The Books
11-14-2005, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 56
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I understand what you are saying, but see it in...
I understand what you are saying, but see it in this context: Assume that the Middle Earth world as created by Eru exists. In this world Death is given as a gift to man by God as a release from the... |
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Forum: The Books
11-13-2005, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 56
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Been putting this one off for a while; been busy,...
Been putting this one off for a while; been busy, been distracted, but anyway...here goes. And I'm hoping that this ties into the thread somehow. My father, as stated earlier in this thread, lost... |
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Forum: The Books
06-16-2005, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 56
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Did I miss something in the Silmarillion in...
Did I miss something in the Silmarillion in regards to the 'Fall' of mankind? And, to be a bit silly, Eru allows humans to escape the confines of Arda in order that they might escape the fate of... |
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Forum: The Books
06-15-2005, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 56
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Is it general knowledge, and for some reason I...
Is it general knowledge, and for some reason I just can't find the same (laziness, perhaps ;) ), but do all humans receive the Gift, meaning the escape from the confines of Arda or to be with Eru? ... |
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Forum: The Books
06-15-2005, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 56
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I think that one's perspective regarding death...
I think that one's perspective regarding death being a gift or a curse might have to do with the person's (both observer and the one who passes) age/maturity. A life cut short, like that of a child,... |
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Forum: The Books
06-14-2005, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 56
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Great thread - was actually considering creating...
Great thread - was actually considering creating the same thread, yet haven't had the time nor sure...hmmm...exactly how to tell why I've considered the same. But here goes anyway. I'm losing... |
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