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06-05-2005, 08:41 PM
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Dreamweaver
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Christian Themes in the Lord of the Rings
i don't want to offend anyone, but there are a considerable amount of christian themes the the LotR, discuss here!
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih... |
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06-06-2005, 12:43 AM
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 )I think that there has been some discussion done somewhere in the moot. A brief search (christian themes) came with the following, but there may be more. Christ in Middle Earth Themes of the Lord of the Rings Christian Virtues in Tolkien LOTR parrallel to the bible? Frodo vs. Jesus
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Sincerely, Anthony  'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC) |
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06-06-2005, 09:02 PM
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Dreamweaver
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ooooooooooooo, cool!
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih... |
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06-07-2005, 07:42 PM
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i'm currently reading God of the Fairy Tales, and it's by the author of Finding God in the Lord of the Rings, and it frequently quotes both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, quite good really!
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih... |
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