   The Lord of the Rings a Christian work with Religious Themes in them
  (Since some can’t read I decided to cut the article and let you guys think about it without any factual help.)This post is not for people with a short attention but I don’t expect most to read mature things. Anyway here is an article that some might find interesting about LOTR, so would that make it that when people play the game they are playing a bit of a Christian game?"The real fellowship of the ringHow J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis' all-night argument about God paved the way for both "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia."By Steven HartDec. 3, 2003 | On a warm September night in 1931, three men went for an after-dinner walk on the grounds of Magdalen College, part of Oxford University. They took a stroll on Addison's Walk, a beautiful tree-shaded path along the River Cherwell, and got into an argument that lasted into the wee hours of the morning -- and left a lasting mark on world literature.At the time, only one of the men had any kind of reputation: Henry Victor Dyson, a bon vivant scholar who had shared tables and bandied words with the likes of T.E. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and Bertrand Russell. His two companions were little-known Oxford academics with a shared taste for Icelandic sagas, Anglo-Saxon verse and the austere cultural mystique of "the North." Few people remember Dyson now, while millions celebrate the names of his companions: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.Yet the works that made their reputations -- "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" for Tolkien, "The Chronicles of Narnia" for Lewis -- were profoundly shaped by that night-long argument and the bond it cemented. It's possible that Tolkien's Middle-earth would have remained entirely a private obsession, and quite likely that Lewis would never have found the gateway to Narnia..."---------Atheists can be Christians in their action, and Christians can be an atheists in their action weather they like it or not.[edited by - warsong on December 15, 2003 7:34:25 PM]
  Wow I read it already and let me say that it''s fascinating!Haha, not. ;  omfg! Warsson evaryone knoes that LOTRS IS not a christian movie. It's clearly catholic.   James SimmonsMindEngine Developmenthttp://medev.sourceforge.net [edited by - neurokaotix on December 15, 2003 7:06:57 PM] [edited by - neurokaotix on December 15, 2003 7:07:02 PM] [edited by - neurokaotix on December 15, 2003 7:07:08 PM];  I think you can see anything as Christian if you want. I mean, some people thought Neo was Jesus ;quote:Original post by Tron3k  I think you can see anything as Christian if you want. I mean, some people thought Neo was Jesus  omfg! Tran3k evaryone knoes that neo IS not a christian the one. he''s clearly catholic.    James SimmonsMindEngine Developmenthttp://medev.sourceforge.net;  Christian Catholic same vicinityAlso Tolkien this is not assumptions in what the article says but a truth of what Tolkien was thinking and wanted which he was religious and Lewis was an atheist which they seem to generally hide in the media that Lewis was religious.;  it would be nice if they pointed out any actual instances in the book where this shines thru. ;  I only skimmed the beginning, but it''s not without truth. Both Lewis and Tolkien are Christians, and they did know each other (Lewis'' The Screwtape Letters is dedicated to Tolkien).   Chris Barry"A page of history is worth a volume of logic." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes;  Who cares if it''s Christian or not? It doesn''t matter what the author''s intention was. I read the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, and it wasn''t until later that I realized that it was Christian. Before, it didn''t really matter, and it still doesn''t. ;  this crap even made it to the newspapers. well the papers must have been gotten bored with iraq.the damn book was written 50 years ago, a time were society was highly christian. the book has been influenced by that. DUH!!its as moronic as concluding hobbits have feet. damn i just made a discovery! it might be because humans have them too! IT CANT BE COINCIDENCE!!some people really have too much time on their hands. 