Of course. Its ignorance in action. The same people would be quite happy if the bible was the only book people were allowed to read. Check out the theocracy movement here in the US.
The works of one of the greatest Christian Apologists, C. S. Lewis, a personal friend of Tolkein's, also have suffered the same attacks - several school systems have banned his Narnia series, because of the "magic" involved. I simply don't understand the logic these fanatics use. larry On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:41:57 -0400, Judith Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The first two, Gondolin and Nargothrond were two great elvish cities > >of Tolkien's Simarillion, the third, Moria was a ruined Dwarvish city > >from LOTR. > > > >Some fundies actually do think that LOTR is on par with Harry Potter - > >it has wizards and magic in it, THEREFORE IT IS EVIL. > > > I think the weirdest part of that is what a devout Christian Tolkien was (I > just read a great biography about him.) And LOTR's supreme lesson, I always > thought, was that relatively powerless people can overcome great evil. His > works are a study in what evil can do to people -- for instance, the effects > of the ring on Bilbo and Frodo over time and the taming of the Shire at the > end of the Return of the King. He used fantasy and storytelling to convey his > message, but it's there in everything he wrote. Tolkien was anything but a > promoter of evil. > > Judith > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144203 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
