tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1832381141272840616..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Catholic LOTRAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68448033107400874352012-05-15T12:09:47.964-04:002012-05-15T12:09:47.964-04:00Interesting. Here's part 2:
http://www.youtub...Interesting. Here's part 2:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSPbmWIPAN0Janhttp://cascadeexposures.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-90700064427802592682012-05-15T09:06:21.325-04:002012-05-15T09:06:21.325-04:00I knew that Tolkien was a devout Catholic, and app...I knew that Tolkien was a devout Catholic, and apparently instrumental in C.S. Lewis's conversion. It's funny that C.S. Lewis couldn't create an imaginary world without a living, present, speaking God, an incarnation, and an afterlife. In contrast, Tolkien's imaginary world is full of individuals who face ultimate tests of right and wrong, but the Creator is distant and mysterious, even more so than the Old Testament Jehovah. Tolkien comes across as a Deist. In his attitude toward the immortal soul, he is more like a Sadducee.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com