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Old 03-20-2011, 04:25 AM   #1
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Is it possible we are arguing the same side of the discussion but getting mixed up with terminology?
Yes, I quit agree with you. It is difficult to discuss divine matters without terminology issues. At some point there's no other way but through analogy of some kind, I believe. I don't see a crime in finding likelyhood between two things, but for me it's rather a matter of further questions about roots and reasons (poor old Smeagol ) And if I wanted to work something out of this finding, I would rather ask why Tolkien used those characteristics typical for the disorder to describe the Father of All Troubles? Honestly, I am not ready to give an answer at the moment.

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Old 03-20-2011, 07:20 AM   #2
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Applying modern medicine, psycology, whatever to the legendarium would be the same as asking where exactly are the tectonic plate boundaries in ME. And vice versa: we don't have SOOO may things that ME does - like we don't have the semi-magical athelas. You can't diagnose Morgoth with a disease from our world.
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