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peony_foxburr · 06-01-2003, 03:46 PM

1. Referring to JRRT as a "hellbound Roman Catholic" unmasks this nut as what he is--a Bigot. Nothing says it better than "My particular brand of religion is the ONLY right one."
2. It's also supremely ironical for a "religious" person to condemn LOTR as being anti-Christian. One of the central concepts of Christianity is that the individual only achieves salvation through the grace of God--NOT simply his own efforts to be, or to do, "good." And this point of view is supported in LOTR, in that Frodo is NOT able to destroy the Ring, on his own--it takes the presence of Gollum to bring that about. Although Tolkien doesn't discuss Middle Earth theology in LOTR, it is explicated in The Silmarillion, for example.
3. Jesus of Nazareth would weep to know how many millions have been slaughtered in his name. And the first step, in my opinion, was someone saying "I'm the only one who knows God's will."

06-01-2003, 03:46 PM	#11
peony_foxburr Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Trollshaws/RdtoR 354 miles Posts: 91	1. Referring to JRRT as a "hellbound Roman Catholic" unmasks this nut as what he is--a Bigot. Nothing says it better than "My particular brand of religion is the ONLY right one." 2. It's also supremely ironical for a "religious" person to condemn LOTR as being anti-Christian. One of the central concepts of Christianity is that the individual only achieves salvation through the grace of God--NOT simply his own efforts to be, or to do, "good." And this point of view is supported in LOTR, in that Frodo is NOT able to destroy the Ring, on his own--it takes the presence of Gollum to bring that about. Although Tolkien doesn't discuss Middle Earth theology in LOTR, it is explicated in The Silmarillion, for example. 3. Jesus of Nazareth would weep to know how many millions have been slaughtered in his name. And the first step, in my opinion, was someone saying "I'm the only one who knows God's will." __________________ "And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water." -The Return of the King