Eru letting Melkor go.. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bill Ferny · 01-05-2003, 09:42 PM

OK, Guildo… now you’ve gone the totally opposite direction. Tolkien was not a physicist, and even if he was, physics certainly doesn’t presume to define good and evil, and if Stephen Hawkings did I would be greatly surprised; now that you’ve mentioned it, I’ll be sure to go through his public lectures. Tolkien wasn’t a Buddhist either, and while I don’t think he was slavish to the Christian model, I really don’t see much of a Buddhist influence in his work.

In contradiction to your thesis, see Aristotle, Plato, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Bernard Lonergan (to name just a few) for an explanation of how the Good can and does exist without evil.

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Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 390	OK, Guildo… now you’ve gone the totally opposite direction. Tolkien was not a physicist, and even if he was, physics certainly doesn’t presume to define good and evil, and if Stephen Hawkings did I would be greatly surprised; now that you’ve mentioned it, I’ll be sure to go through his public lectures. Tolkien wasn’t a Buddhist either, and while I don’t think he was slavish to the Christian model, I really don’t see much of a Buddhist influence in his work. In contradiction to your thesis, see Aristotle, Plato, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Bernard Lonergan (to name just a few) for an explanation of how the Good can and does exist without evil. __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.