Sins of Child Sexual Abuse and the Gays

[aitm]

More pathetic excuses. God said it. Period....no pun intended.LOL

[Cassia]

How apt to note the deep Roman Catholic roots of Tolkien so evident in Middle Earth.

The Lord of the Rings was a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.

Right. Sure, everything good is really Christian. We all know that. And your god wasn't just one in a clan of gods and your religion wasn't a redo of an old Persian religion. And Jesus isn't 2,000 years late. Oh no, you have the new and true religion, Dreamer, LOL.

[Unbeliever]

One God to rule them all? 🤑

[aitm]

One God to rule them all? 🤑

The fact that "god" admits there are other gods are dismissed by the deluded. Even though all the "other" gods provide the exact same statistical averages of survival, wealth and longevity is glossed over by the deluded. They refuse to see that one god is simply no better than the other gods and surprising enough no god offers the exact same probabilities.

[Dreamer]

If ONLY I was sourcing the author!

What?

That was a direct quote?

Go ahead and argue against Tolkien about his own writings!

[Dreamer]

More pathetic excuses. God said it. Period....no pun intended.LOL

lol Oh, okay. I didn't realize that you were privvy to a litmus test that signals true divine words.

You should be able to clear up a lot of shit now.

[Dreamer]

Right. Sure, everything good is really Christian.

Sorry if your choice was ironic, and I utilized that. Your arguments are with Tolkien, not me. I was just directly quoting his own words about his own universe, but you know, I'm sure someone must know better..



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[Dreamer]

hu·bris
noun
excessive pride or self-confidence

[Mr.Obvious]

I know elves and wizards as much more than words. I can speak of my direct experience as much as to the Trilogy. Gandal reveals mysteries even today, and it has always been just as easy to claim to be His speaker as it is now, leaving it up to us to separate the wheat from the chaff. As Gandalf says "I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."

Currently reading the silmarillion for the first time, btw.
Not that fat in yet, but it is an easier read, so far, than I feared.

[Mike Cl]

hu·bris
noun
excessive pride or self-confidence

That word fits you to a T!.  And you base much of your 'beliefs' (you are incapable of critical thought) on fictional writings and characters.  Willful ignorance is you. 

[Blackleaf]

I have found humans to be bloodthirsty. And highly irrational.

I know God as much more than words. I can speak of my direct experience as much as to the Bible. God reveals mysteries even today, and it has always been just as easy to claim to be God's speaker as it is now, leaving it up to us to separate the wheat from the chaff.

However, is this underlying implication that I must be interpreting Scripture wrong, wrought from a stance of knowledge (I know exactly what is literal and what is figurative), in an attempt to demonstrate a futility (it is unknowable what is literal or figurative and therefore pointless at best and lying at worst), or some other supposition?

I'm saying that you use very self-serving logic when it comes to the Bible. This passage makes God look bad? Throw it in the allegory pile. This one sounds nice? Throw it in the literal pile.

[Dreamer]

I'm saying that you use very self-serving logic when it comes to the Bible. This passage makes God look bad? Throw it in the allegory pile. This one sounds nice? Throw it in the literal pile.

Hmm, what have I done this with?

Please show me one example of me deeming something literal and then me declaring something else as allegory. Even just one.

I'll wait.