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mark12_30 · 09-12-2002, 07:16 PM

LOL! You're a bold one yourself, InklingElf.

In fact, I am an ex-catholic, born-again, spirit-filled evangelical charismatic, currently in a pentecostal church. Yeeow!Did I give you a headache? :-) I have actually come almost full-circle, realising that there is much that the catholic church holds in its vast storehouses that the younger wilder denominations would do well to come explore. (Ever read "Inner Mansions" by St. Teresa of Avila?? ) And that is one reason I enjoy Tolkien-- and some of his Letters-- so deeply; his catholicism is Christianity in a mystical, profoundly spiritual, and practical form. I love it.

You asked if I'm born-again, but you didn't ask what sort of Tolkien-creature I'd like to be. Some days an elf, and some days an elf-hunting hobbit, and it's terribly difficult to descide. Once upon a time, a Rohan sheild-maiden; but they don't get much elvish exposure, and I'm into this shining-light thing that the elves do so well. You can guess why.

--mark12_30

09-12-2002, 07:16 PM	#1
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	LOL! You're a bold one yourself, InklingElf. In fact, I am an ex-catholic, born-again, spirit-filled evangelical charismatic, currently in a pentecostal church. Yeeow!Did I give you a headache? :-) I have actually come almost full-circle, realising that there is much that the catholic church holds in its vast storehouses that the younger wilder denominations would do well to come explore. (Ever read "Inner Mansions" by St. Teresa of Avila?? ) And that is one reason I enjoy Tolkien-- and some of his Letters-- so deeply; his catholicism is Christianity in a mystical, profoundly spiritual, and practical form. I love it. You asked if I'm born-again, but you didn't ask what sort of Tolkien-creature I'd like to be. Some days an elf, and some days an elf-hunting hobbit, and it's terribly difficult to descide. Once upon a time, a Rohan sheild-maiden; but they don't get much elvish exposure, and I'm into this shining-light thing that the elves do so well. You can guess why. --mark12_30 __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

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