Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:28:31PM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote: > > Oh, nonsense. I'll agree that LotR is compatible with (Tolkien's view > > of) Catholic doctrine in some ways, but in fact one of the things I > > like about it is the clear *absence* of religion from that world. > > Who needs religion when the gods still walk the earth? The use of the plural there isn't very compatible with Catholicism. > It has always seemed to me that religion is a way of remembering > the times when they did just that... and it is necessary because > they no longer do. It sure improved real-estate values. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info