Title: Lord of the Rings: the new Bible
Post by: Asmodean on August 20, 2008, 11:15:13 PM
Post by: Asmodean on August 20, 2008, 11:15:13 PM
Ok, so I've been thinking... If you read LOTR just right, it makes a nice little religious book.
Now what, according to some believers, validates their book above all others is:
1. A fulfilled prophecy or three.
LOTR: The alliance of the Two Towers, the tower of Isengard and the Tower of Barad-Dûr eventually fell. Now if that aint a reference to WTC, then I don't know what is. :borg:
(5.) Miracles.
LOTR: It involves magic. Of course it's full of miracles.
So, what think ye, can I start selling my new religion and geting as rich as them chief-scientologists in ten years or so?
(Oh, and yes, I know the idea is not mine so I don't really have the lawful right to sell it, but still...)
Now what, according to some believers, validates their book above all others is:
1. A fulfilled prophecy or three.
LOTR: The alliance of the Two Towers, the tower of Isengard and the Tower of Barad-Dûr eventually fell. Now if that aint a reference to WTC, then I don't know what is. :borg:
(5.) Miracles.
LOTR: It involves magic. Of course it's full of miracles.
So, what think ye, can I start selling my new religion and geting as rich as them chief-scientologists in ten years or so?
(Oh, and yes, I know the idea is not mine so I don't really have the lawful right to sell it, but still...)
Title: Re: Lord of the Rings: the new Bible
Post by: MariaEvri on August 21, 2008, 01:25:42 PM
Post by: MariaEvri on August 21, 2008, 01:25:42 PM
I was kinda thinking the same, but with silmarillion (I KNOW I spelled that wrong), since it speaks about the beginning of the world. Image a great disaster wipes out everything and after hundreds of years when humans recover, they discover a print of that book.
Voila. The new religion, and J.R Tolkien is the prophet.
Voila. The new religion, and J.R Tolkien is the prophet.
Title: Re: Lord of the Rings: the new Bible
Post by: curiosityandthecat on August 21, 2008, 04:04:46 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on August 21, 2008, 04:04:46 PM
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Title: Re: Lord of the Rings: the new Bible
Post by: Asmodean on August 21, 2008, 04:19:28 PM
Post by: Asmodean on August 21, 2008, 04:19:28 PM
Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"I have one word for you:
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That's three wordz