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<blockquote data-quote="Subject to God" data-source="post: 76019197" data-attributes="member: 435389"><p>I am not so strong in high ways. I prefer to stay low, very low or I wander off the path into ungodly ways.</p><p>The words magic, wizard, undead repels me. I was involved with magic, paganism, wicca, invoking the dead, among other impure practices before faith. And now anything remotely accepting those kind of activities are difficult for me to handle.</p><p>The rings of power are occult. Commanding the dead are occult.</p><p>It is very nice to observe how pure Gandalf and Galadriel are. They are refusing to even touch the dark ring. Fearing its power and the corruption it will bring upon them.</p><p>There is so much light and hope and faith in his books, and for me as an unbeliever it was a beacon of light in a dark world.</p><p>This article is very good at displaying the good in Tolkiens works:</p><p><a href="http://decentfilms.com/articles/faithandfantasy" target="_blank">Faith and fantasy: Tolkien the Catholic, The Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson’s film trilogy - Decent Films</a></p><p>This reference in the article is particularly nice:</p><p>This sense of hope in Middle-earth is also rooted in an undefined but definite awareness of Providence. The name of Eru may not be spoken in <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>, but his will is evident from the outset, when Gandalf explains to Frodo the significance of the evil Ring being discovered by his uncle Bilbo, a humble hobbit. In that seemingly chance occurence, Gandalf says,</p><p></p><p><em>"…there was something else at work, beyond any design of the Ring-maker. I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was meant to find the Ring, and not by its maker. In which case you also were meant to have it. And that may be an encouraging thought."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Gandalf can "put it no plainer," of course, because in this story Tolkien wishes to avoid explicit entanglement with religious doctrine. Nevertheless, the underlying idea is clear.</p><p></p><p>I heard a story from a gym in an american study place.</p><p>The students came in a saw the cleaningman reading a book. They asked him what he was reading and he replied: The revelation of John. As the students were taught it was a difficult book to understand, they asked him if he understood what it was saying. He replied yes, it is easy: Jesus wins.</p><p></p><p>Gloria in excelsis Deo!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Subject to God, post: 76019197, member: 435389"] I am not so strong in high ways. I prefer to stay low, very low or I wander off the path into ungodly ways. The words magic, wizard, undead repels me. I was involved with magic, paganism, wicca, invoking the dead, among other impure practices before faith. And now anything remotely accepting those kind of activities are difficult for me to handle. The rings of power are occult. Commanding the dead are occult. It is very nice to observe how pure Gandalf and Galadriel are. They are refusing to even touch the dark ring. Fearing its power and the corruption it will bring upon them. There is so much light and hope and faith in his books, and for me as an unbeliever it was a beacon of light in a dark world. This article is very good at displaying the good in Tolkiens works: [URL='http://decentfilms.com/articles/faithandfantasy']Faith and fantasy: Tolkien the Catholic, The Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson’s film trilogy - Decent Films[/URL] This reference in the article is particularly nice: This sense of hope in Middle-earth is also rooted in an undefined but definite awareness of Providence. The name of Eru may not be spoken in [I]The Lord of the Rings[/I], but his will is evident from the outset, when Gandalf explains to Frodo the significance of the evil Ring being discovered by his uncle Bilbo, a humble hobbit. In that seemingly chance occurence, Gandalf says, [I]"…there was something else at work, beyond any design of the Ring-maker. I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was meant to find the Ring, and not by its maker. In which case you also were meant to have it. And that may be an encouraging thought." [/I] Gandalf can "put it no plainer," of course, because in this story Tolkien wishes to avoid explicit entanglement with religious doctrine. Nevertheless, the underlying idea is clear. I heard a story from a gym in an american study place. The students came in a saw the cleaningman reading a book. They asked him what he was reading and he replied: The revelation of John. As the students were taught it was a difficult book to understand, they asked him if he understood what it was saying. He replied yes, it is easy: Jesus wins. Gloria in excelsis Deo! [/QUOTE]
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