Would the Middle Earth saga be considered a religion in of itself? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legolas · 06-13-2002, 11:41 PM

"And why should any discussion of spiritual themes immediately transform itself into a "religious dispute"?"

It doesn't, immediately. I was just heading it off before anyone went down the road of the Bible/Koran/whatever being fictional literature vs. a real spiritual guide...in my estimation, judging the existence of literature's spiritual limitations on a work written and compiled soley for spiritual instruction doesn't really make sense, so going down that path would take away from the point of this intelligent (so far) conversation I'm happy to be a part of in light of what is happening to many other threads.

Moving along...I find the rest of your post very reasonable, echoing my own thoughts almost perfectly.

06-13-2002, 11:41 PM	#17
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,847	"And why should any discussion of spiritual themes immediately transform itself into a "religious dispute"?" It doesn't, immediately. I was just heading it off before anyone went down the road of the Bible/Koran/whatever being fictional literature vs. a real spiritual guide...in my estimation, judging the existence of literature's spiritual limitations on a work written and compiled soley for spiritual instruction doesn't really make sense, so going down that path would take away from the point of this intelligent (so far) conversation I'm happy to be a part of in light of what is happening to many other threads. Moving along...I find the rest of your post very reasonable, echoing my own thoughts almost perfectly. __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.