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Idunn · 06-02-2003, 01:27 PM

After having a short look at the text"opening our eyes" on the "evil" of LORD and Harry, I came to a conclusion, that when people really want, they can find in books literally everything. I happened to read two different articles: one from a Roman Catholics' weekly magazine, stating that LORD is a metaphorical story which praises God and instils in readers Christian values. It was well-argumented, thorough analysis of the book. For me very convincing, but utterly contradictory to "evil is around us" version. It even suggested, that LORD leads people to God. Of course, I strongly support this opinion, being Catholic myself, but I would encourage everyone to enjoy LORD, no matter which religion they belive - or not believe in. Tolkien showed us values, which can, and should be adopted by anyone.
O.K., I promised two texts. This second is extremely hilarious, maybe even more than the one we are discussing. It was written over thirty years ago, in a country where the Soviet regime ruled, soon after LORD first edition. I don't know how well you know the communistic reality, but, summerizing, Gandalf was compared to a eternally living Lenin. Certainly, this article was noting more but a propaganda, and probably the writer didn't believe a single word of it. Still, it was published in a biggest daily newspaper, seriously. So I'm not surprised that now someone claims that LORD is satanistic. People have always been distorting facts to convince others to their way of thinking. The saddest thing is that the so-called God-protector seems to believe in his opinions.
Again, it is clear that exaggeration in any matter is destructive.
I would like also point out that most of people accusing LORD of occultism, indicates wizardry as the main source of evil. Why they don't accuse authors of traditional fairy tales of being bad and brainwashing children? What about Ciderella's godmother? She was a sorceress - in addition, a good one...Maybe this tale should be forbidden...

And to Lyra Greenleaf
Don't worry about Galileo and Plato. Galileo denied believing in Copernicus theories in court, and, as a consequence, was set free. As for Plato, he run away. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: Idunn ]

06-02-2003, 01:27 PM	#57
Idunn Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 21	After having a short look at the text"opening our eyes" on the "evil" of LORD and Harry, I came to a conclusion, that when people really want, they can find in books literally everything. I happened to read two different articles: one from a Roman Catholics' weekly magazine, stating that LORD is a metaphorical story which praises God and instils in readers Christian values. It was well-argumented, thorough analysis of the book. For me very convincing, but utterly contradictory to "evil is around us" version. It even suggested, that LORD leads people to God. Of course, I strongly support this opinion, being Catholic myself, but I would encourage everyone to enjoy LORD, no matter which religion they belive - or not believe in. Tolkien showed us values, which can, and should be adopted by anyone. O.K., I promised two texts. This second is extremely hilarious, maybe even more than the one we are discussing. It was written over thirty years ago, in a country where the Soviet regime ruled, soon after LORD first edition. I don't know how well you know the communistic reality, but, summerizing, Gandalf was compared to a eternally living Lenin. Certainly, this article was noting more but a propaganda, and probably the writer didn't believe a single word of it. Still, it was published in a biggest daily newspaper, seriously. So I'm not surprised that now someone claims that LORD is satanistic. People have always been distorting facts to convince others to their way of thinking. The saddest thing is that the so-called God-protector seems to believe in his opinions. Again, it is clear that exaggeration in any matter is destructive. I would like also point out that most of people accusing LORD of occultism, indicates wizardry as the main source of evil. Why they don't accuse authors of traditional fairy tales of being bad and brainwashing children? What about Ciderella's godmother? She was a sorceress - in addition, a good one...Maybe this tale should be forbidden... And to Lyra Greenleaf Don't worry about Galileo and Plato. Galileo denied believing in Copernicus theories in court, and, as a consequence, was set free. As for Plato, he run away. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: Idunn ] __________________ "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" Tennyson