Would the Middle Earth saga be considered a religion in of itself? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Orodhromeus · 04-12-2002, 07:12 AM

Very interesting, not that I hadn't pondered on it before! I believe that if one was educated from the beginning of his existence with Tolkien's texts taken as seriously as the Bilbe/Coran/other religious work, and if the deucator would favor Tolien's perception, then one might grow to become a believer in Tolkien's mythology, and subsequently worship the pantheon of Arda, taken as real. It would be a very interesting experiment to realize, especially to show the futility of all the religions of the world (ie nobody believes what Tolkien wrote was non-fiction).

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04-12-2002, 07:12 AM	#4
Orodhromeus Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 106	Very interesting, not that I hadn't pondered on it before! I believe that if one was educated from the beginning of his existence with Tolkien's texts taken as seriously as the Bilbe/Coran/other religious work, and if the deucator would favor Tolien's perception, then one might grow to become a believer in Tolkien's mythology, and subsequently worship the pantheon of Arda, taken as real. It would be a very interesting experiment to realize, especially to show the futility of all the religions of the world (ie nobody believes what Tolkien wrote was non-fiction).