Dragons vs. Balrogs? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

obloquy · 05-26-2002, 09:21 PM

I'd just like to point out that we actually have no reason whatsoever to believe that Dragons were incarnate Maiar. I proposed it early on as a possibility that couldn't be ignored, but there is really no textual evidence at all to support it.

I think a lot of people have lost sight of the only reason the 'Dragons > Balrogs' camp got past the first round of debate, which was the text presented by Kuruharan on page one. Without that little citation (which I thought I had successfully argued away), I doubt this discussion would've reached two pages.

A lot of the thread's newcomers would benefit from reading the first three (lengthy) pages.

05-26-2002, 09:21 PM	#1
obloquy Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: WA Posts: 941	I'd just like to point out that we actually have no reason whatsoever to believe that Dragons were incarnate Maiar. I proposed it early on as a possibility that couldn't be ignored, but there is really no textual evidence at all to support it. I think a lot of people have lost sight of the only reason the 'Dragons > Balrogs' camp got past the first round of debate, which was the text presented by Kuruharan on page one. Without that little citation (which I thought I had successfully argued away), I doubt this discussion would've reached two pages. A lot of the thread's newcomers would benefit from reading the first three (lengthy) pages.