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Forum: The Books 08-27-2003, 12:00 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,165
Posted By Måns
Sting Hmmm hard to tell, I ahve never felt that someone...

Hmmm hard to tell, I ahve never felt that someone specific did found Valinor, only as Iarwain sais the valar collectively. Nevertheless, I think you are refering to Varda, the spouse of Manwë. They...
Forum: The Books 08-26-2003, 12:12 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 19,656
Posted By Måns
Sting Hmm for insanity, I refer it back to the one who...

Hmm for insanity, I refer it back to the one who considers another to be that. I don't see the need to see this as pointless, you just state that there si a world outside the self without proving it,...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 08-25-2003, 11:00 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 13,582
Posted By Måns
Sting I must say that I am indeed impressed by the...

I must say that I am indeed impressed by the poetry that has been written hereand am glad to have been allowed to read it, thanks to all our excellent poets. This might not rhyme very well, nor be...
Forum: The Books 08-25-2003, 10:24 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 19,656
Posted By Måns
Sting On my super-intelligence, yes that thought has...

On my super-intelligence, yes that thought has stricken me many many tiems before and I ahve worked hard to convince the rest of the world about it, not yet succesfully, for some obscure reason...
Forum: The Books 08-24-2003, 01:33 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 19,656
Posted By Måns
Sting I have personally no problem with the scientific...

I have personally no problem with the scientific existence of paralell universes, though as I see it it remains an open question to believe in or not. I do, since the most convincing theories I have...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 08-22-2003, 10:49 AM
Replies: 2,150
Views: 531,797
Posted By Måns
Sting You sit in school reading about and thinking up...

You sit in school reading about and thinking up signs that you ar obsessed with LotR is not a bad sign either.

Nor is constant reciting of Tolkien whenever seen fit (or not) in front of family...
Forum: The Books 08-22-2003, 09:00 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 13,002
Posted By Måns
Sting I would have to mildly disagree with the lower...

I would have to mildly disagree with the lower part of your post, the apart about creation. I do not believe that anything that has not got life can breed since it is indeed one of the conditions to...
Forum: The Books 08-21-2003, 12:08 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 13,002
Posted By Måns
Sting I do not know the answer of this and will not try...

I do not know the answer of this and will not try to speculate. I can say though that they were probably not created by Morgoth, because they ahd a capability of breeding, obviously. Morgoth could...
Forum: The Books 08-19-2003, 11:35 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 55,309
Posted By Måns
Sting Well, I have really been asked to stick to...

Well, I have really been asked to stick to Tolkien in this thread... But, I think I will.

Shortly on Richard the III at Bosworth. His counterpart thought he needed a local noble, Lord Stanley who...
Forum: The Books 08-18-2003, 03:02 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 55,309
Posted By Måns
Sting Like everybody else, you are free to PM me, in a...

Like everybody else, you are free to PM me, in a sensible and polite tone, of course. But I have never had a problem with you until you obviously had one with me. If you still have a problem with me,...
Forum: The Books 08-17-2003, 05:58 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 55,309
Posted By Måns
Sting Gwaihir, please. First, why should the enemy be...

Gwaihir, please. First, why should the enemy be terrified by the commander? No, it was only the morale of your own troops that benefited from it. You seem to quite have misunderstood my last post. In...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 08-16-2003, 02:45 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 30,987
Posted By Måns
Pipe Huh? Stayed open? Have there been any discussion...

Huh? Stayed open? Have there been any discussion carried out in a not so nice tone here? I hope I am not involved in taht, unknowingly, what else. I really don't care if you use capitol letters or...
Forum: The Books 08-16-2003, 04:39 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 55,309
Posted By Måns
Sting No medieval commander ever fought in the front...

No medieval commander ever fought in the front unless it was abolutely necessary, that is if he was attacked. There duty is to pick a good defensive position behind the lines, preferably with a view...
Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin 08-16-2003, 01:35 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 30,987
Posted By Måns
Sting I just want to express that It think it is sad...

I just want to express that It think it is sad that it is not accepted what Tolkien himself says about it, that they are not, and cannot be gods, in any way since Eru is the one and irreplacable....
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 04:25 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,717
Posted By Måns
Sting The cult of Illuvatar was practiced at one place...

The cult of Illuvatar was practiced at one place in Middle earth, Meneltarma, the top of the mountain in the middle of Númenor. There was a worshipping of him as God, creator and lifegiver, offering...
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 04:03 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 7,238
Posted By Måns
Sting Which is exactly what I ahve proved in the above...

Which is exactly what I ahve proved in the above posts. I would however redefine that we were only hindered only in the first three ages by elves, my argument has two sides. Men needed elves for a...
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 03:03 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,717
Posted By Måns
Sting Ah thank you for the note on the heads, Polands...

Ah thank you for the note on the heads, Polands eagle has also got more than one, I think but well, things slip out of my mind at this ripe age.

sum Måns optimus maximus.
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 02:53 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,717
Posted By Måns
Sting Which is my point, actually, that they were not...

Which is my point, actually, that they were not Gods, even if they migh be seen as such by the lesser ebings, as Melkor wanted to be seen by his inferiors. You are sayin that they were not Gods, as...
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 02:47 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 55,309
Posted By Måns
Sting Farmir did. And Faramir did not. He gives proof...

Farmir did. And Faramir did not. He gives proof of his rashness as an operational commander when he has the force saty in Ithilien for so long, though it was doubtless that whatever they would have...
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 04:40 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,247
Posted By Måns
Sting I repeat, Tolkien ahd a classical education, as...

I repeat, Tolkien ahd a classical education, as too few ahve today, my guess is that he knew of ALL these examples and discovered the evilness of the word orc generally came to him before he decided...
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 03:30 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,887
Posted By Måns
Sting Welll tehy were, but that doesn't exclude...

Welll tehy were, but that doesn't exclude redemption, does it? Anyway, their staying true could not 'make up' for the treachery of Ulfang and his men, indeed that is made good only by Húrin and the...
Forum: The Books 08-15-2003, 03:21 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,717
Posted By Måns
Sting No, no and again no. They were not the Gods of...

No, no and again no. They were not the Gods of Arda, they were the guardians of it. I do not know if you are a Roman catholic, but I am personally not religious, but there is only one God, one, the...
Forum: The Books 08-14-2003, 05:30 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,887
Posted By Måns
Sting Well, that's a hard question you know deeper than...

Well, that's a hard question you know deeper than one might think at first sight, firstly alll easterligns that we know ofserved Sauron, but this does not mean that there were others elsewhere,...
Forum: The Books 08-14-2003, 01:52 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,717
Posted By Måns
Sting Ah but you see Evisse the Blue, Tolkien was a...

Ah but you see Evisse the Blue, Tolkien was a devout catholic. As he clearly experesses in his letters, there cannot be more than one God, the One, the Highest. The valar are his servants, and put...
Forum: The Books 08-14-2003, 01:33 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,671
Posted By Måns
Sting Actually, no. Almost in teh same breath as it is...

Actually, no. Almost in teh same breath as it is said that he did not ccare for the remaining Noldor and didn't know forgiveness, he is said to have thought that they would live in their bliss and...
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