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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:144204 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
