10 Commandments for Middle-Earth? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

burrahobbit · 03-06-2003, 04:47 PM

Whether the 10 Commandments are a moral code or whatever else doesn't have anything to do with the question at hand.

Aerandir Carnesir asked if Eru gave the people of Middle-earth any sort of moral guidelines, such as the Ten Commandments. The answer is yes: the Ten Commandments. Tolkien wrote about Middle-earth as a fictional time period in our not fictional world. As such, Eru is God, and he gave his people the Ten Commandments, as well as everything else, but that came after the (fictional) times that Tolkien wrote about.

During the time of The Lord of the Rings (and all else), however, I don't think that Eru had given his people any explicit directions on how to behave.

[ March 06, 2003: Message edited by: burrahobbit ]

03-06-2003, 04:47 PM	#22
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,424	Whether the 10 Commandments are a moral code or whatever else doesn't have anything to do with the question at hand. Aerandir Carnesir asked if Eru gave the people of Middle-earth any sort of moral guidelines, such as the Ten Commandments. The answer is yes: the Ten Commandments. Tolkien wrote about Middle-earth as a fictional time period in our not fictional world. As such, Eru is God, and he gave his people the Ten Commandments, as well as everything else, but that came after the (fictional) times that Tolkien wrote about. During the time of The Lord of the Rings (and all else), however, I don't think that Eru had given his people any explicit directions on how to behave. [ March 06, 2003: Message edited by: burrahobbit ] __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?