Fantasy Morality

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

Simplicity, particularly in a forum discussion, is divine

Morth, you don't suppose that Occam's razor is doing any sacrificial blood-letting, do you? Dare one suggest that the razor might be of meteorite origin?

Originally Posted by alatar

My point is that when you are moving back into prehistory, please do not forget to consider anthropology and biology.

Yes, and please do not make claims about religion and mythology that are Euro-centric.

Originally Posted by Nerwen

I would suggest you provide reasonable proof that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the text in question, intended these associations

That's probably an erroneous presupposition getting in the way of first principles, Nerwen. This Cryptic Aura has been warned about hers and so she's going off to meditate upon them.

Originally Posted by Dakêsîntrah

But tell me, what do you have in Buddhism that are the near equivalent of "churches?" (Without going back to the Anglo-Saxon etymology of "God" and "church").

I don't have anything in Buddhism as I've never contributed to any of its texts or oral traditions.

You know folks, I hesitate to say this, but this thread looks like it is turning into another canonical discussion.