I don't believe this

[The Saucepan Man]

I think that all religions are beautiful. It is just clerics' interpretations of them that either beautify or mar those religions.

Very well put, Finwe. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

One further thought. Why would anyone with an ounce of sanity want to believe in a God who is content condemn people to eternal damnation simply for writing, or indeed reading, a book like LotR (or Harry Potter, for that matter)?