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Originally Posted by mark12_30
The thing we are NOT supposed to do on the DOwns is have a protracted debate about religion. And that is where this thread keeps going.
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How are you going discuss the Bible without mentioning religion?
This thread has been examining whether there is anything specifically Christian about LotR. There has been agreement that the work is generally in conformity with Christian principles & values, but any attempt to provide specific, one-to-one correspondences has faile to come up with the goods.
It seems to me that the thread you are proposing is more of a 'prayer group', where Christian Downers will examine the text for uplifting Christian analogies, & from which non-believers/critics will be excluded (cast into the outer darkness, where there will be wailing & gnashing of teeth, & rumors of things going astray, erm, and there shall be a great confusion as to where things really are, and nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia-work base, that has an attachment. At that time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight O'clock & stuff).
At the same time, for all my criticism of the idea, I'm tempted by the idea of starting threads where only those in agreement with you are allowed to post anything...