Acceptance of mythology? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hot, crispy nice hobbit · 02-14-2004, 06:24 AM

Eh... Talking of religion... The LOTR actually had a much more Norse and Greek Mythology feel about it than Christian. Then again, many Christian debate whether LOTR has witchcraft elements about it, with an emphasis especially on the Dark Powers, i.e. Necromancer, Witch-king of Angmar, Nazgul...

But many of them had missed the point that writing about evil stuff and living a life of sin are two entirely different things, just as talking about something and actually doing it are two different thing. I should not hope, however, that they would ban our younger generations from reading this exceptional piece of fantasy literature, the like of which has not appeared again in the world.

02-14-2004, 06:24 AM	#11
Hot, crispy nice hobbit Wight Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Troll's larder Posts: 195	Eh... Talking of religion... The LOTR actually had a much more Norse and Greek Mythology feel about it than Christian. Then again, many Christian debate whether LOTR has witchcraft elements about it, with an emphasis especially on the Dark Powers, i.e. Necromancer, Witch-king of Angmar, Nazgul... But many of them had missed the point that writing about evil stuff and living a life of sin are two entirely different things, just as talking about something and actually doing it are two different thing. I should not hope, however, that they would ban our younger generations from reading this exceptional piece of fantasy literature, the like of which has not appeared again in the world.