y not ganga > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I have to change my system name > > and to think... the original server that housed navtrak at my office, > and is still in existence as a mail server is called "Rasta" > > :) but i guess that surprises no one here... > > tw > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:39:18 -0500, Larry C. Lyons > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lewis and Tolkien used to get drunk together at the same Oxford pub. > > > > larry > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:55:35 -0700, Dana > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ::nod:: Lewis is actually a fairly well-known Christian > writer, but I > > > didn't know he and Tolkoen were friends. > > > > > > Judith, the same could be said for Harry Potter don't you > think? If > > > anything it is less dark since the hero is not corrupted. But some > > > "Christians" say it promotes flying on a broomstick, all that > > > witchcraft stuff..... > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:48:51 -0400, Yves Arsenault > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > He (Tolkien) and C.S. Lewis were supposedly great friends.... > > > > > > > > Lewis wrote the Narnia collection (for kids)... > > > > > > > > And various christian/english/sci-fi books.... > > > > > > > > A couple of my favorite writers.... there was another well known > > > > author who was in their circle of friends at the time... can't > > > > remember who.. > > > > > > > > Just sending my 2 cents. > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > Yves > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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