Tolkien

[Publiushorn 113]

 

[Biff Tannen 45784]

Welp.  In.  

[HtownHorn 14972]

How can you make a movie about Tolkien and not include his friendship with C.S. Lewis.

[rage-a-holic 4551]

5 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

How can you make a movie about Tolkien and not include his friendship with C.S. Lewis.

It would hardly be surprising if the studio/writers whitewashed any religious aspect of his life.

[futureman 22566]

14 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

It would hardly be surprising if the studio/writers whitewashed any religious aspect of his life.

he wrote about orcs and sorcery.  pretty sure he was an atheist. 

[Richard Kimball 1506]

6 minutes ago, futureman said:

he wrote about orcs and sorcery.  pretty sure he was an atheist. 

No, he wasn't. 

 

[futureman 22566]

Lulz.  those aren’t real quotes.  he was a staunch atheist. 

[Jerry Callo 8848]

I think he was an unstaunch Catholic.

[Publiushorn 113]

He was an unhappy-with-Vatican II Catholic

[NWBuck 8598]

2 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

How can you make a movie about Tolkien and not include his friendship with C.S. Lewis.

Or Chesterton...

[Vito Andolini 9204]

You’re going to be Tolkien...

[notre dame joe 198]

5 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

How can you make a movie about Tolkien and not include his friendship with C.S. Lewis.

Is that rumor or fact?

 

btw I recommend the Humphrey Carpenter biography of JRRT.  Shows you how great creative minds live boring lives.

[ztejas 43777]

4 hours ago, futureman said:

Lulz.  those aren’t real quotes.  he was a staunch atheist. 

He was a bloody pirate. A scallywag. 

[Biff Tannen 45784]

IIRC, he was atheist until CS Lewis turned him Christian.

[HtownHorn 14972]

5 hours ago, futureman said:

he wrote about orcs and sorcery.  pretty sure he was an atheist. 

Pretty sure you need to read on what an allegory is.

[HtownHorn 14972]

10 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

IIRC, he was atheist until CS Lewis turned him Christian.

Other way around.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

Until a Christian turned him into CS Lewis?

[futureman 22566]

9 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Pretty sure you need to read on what an allegory is.

heh.  is that what I need to do?  you sure?

[Biff Tannen 45784]

26 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Other way around.

Right you are:

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Tolkien's devout Roman Catholic faith was a significant factor in the conversion of C. S. Lewis from atheism to Christianity, although Tolkien was dismayed that Lewis chose to join the Church of England.^[109]

He once said, "It may be said that the chief purpose of life, for any one of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all the means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks."^[110]

 

[Biff Tannen 45784]

Thank you for flying Church of England, cake or death?

[freyguy 4335]

Hope they do a head fake and focus on the story of Beren and Luthien.

[BlueGreySky 1034]

Thank you for flying Church of England, cake or death?

Solid quote. Deserves some rep.

Do you have a flag?!?