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Talk:The Lord of the Rings (view source)
Revision as of 08:34, March 11, 2007
, 08:34, March 11, 2007→What About The Bible??
::I agree with you that there is nothing in LOTR that conflicts with christianity, but there are other examples of magic. Gandalf uses it to make fire, Galadreil's mirror is magic, gandalf and the Gandalf and the balrog fight over a door using magic, etc.
::I agree with you that there is nothing in LOTR that conflicts with christianity, but there are other examples of magic. Gandalf uses it to make fire, Galadreil's mirror is magic, gandalf and the Gandalf and the balrog fight over a door using magic, etc.
:::There are also magic glowing swords, the wizard who create orc soldiers, Galadriel's magical phial that they use to keep the spider at bay, other magic rings (Galadriel had one), Gandalf's magically glowing staff. It's not wall to wall magic, like Harry Potter, but there is magic and the good guys use it without any consideration for the morality of doing so. Some might argue that the fact that someone would say "nothing in LOTR that conflicts with christianity" shows its pernicious and dangerous effects. Magic is expressly forbidden in the Bible. Deut 18:10-12 "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you."