TOLKEIN AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS (David Cloud can't even spell TOLKIEN right when he attacks him!)

Way Of Life Literature ^ | February 5, 2002 | David Cloud

[motzman]

That's E. Gary Gygax (as not to be confused with all the other Gary Gygax's out there...)

I always found my own creations to be much better than the pre-packed scenarios...

Ahh, to be 14 and the year 1981 once again...

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

As Mr Cloudy could tell us, Tolkien's Hobbitry is obviously all part of the plot to establish a papal monarchy in the U.S. While all the kids are mesmerized watching LOTR and listening to demon-possessed Led Zeppelin back-masked messages instead of their KJV Bibles, the gnomes of Zurich are busy finishing the final stages of the tunnel connecting the White House with Vatican City.

[Mr. Thorne]

Yeah, OK, but which KIND!? HUH?

oh.

osama likes taco flavored doritos?

uh oh....

[John Farson]

ecurbh forged The One Ping (*Tolkien)

[Physicist]

This reminds me of the Black Panther polemics that turned out to have been written pseudonymously by David Duke. I can't believe this guy's for real.

[ArGee]

There are two kinds of people who make up institutionalized Christianity at large:

Careful about the broad brushes, Darth. I don't know that Mother Theresa would fit either of your categories. And there are more Christians like her than like this hack.

Shalom.

[JenB]

Yeah. It really doesn't do Christians any good to have people like these wandering the net. It's bad enough to tell people that playing RPGs is Satanic, but it's even worse to tell them that LotR is Satanic. To convince me of that, you'd also have to convince me that certain Christian doctrines are Satanic, which would be a contradiction in terms! And it certainly doesn't make witnessing any easier, when people keep asking you why Christians are stupid joyless bookburners.

I'm looking forward to someday having a conversation with Lewis and Tolkien in heaven, and I wonder what this guy's reaction will be... surprise that they're in the same place he is, or surprise that being an ignorant, nasty, and holier-than-thou moron doesn't automatically disqualify you from getting in!

[Mr. Thorne]

That's an, um, interesting, uh, scenario...

HOw DiD yOU FInD OUT???!!!!

[Mr. Bird]

If this guy thinks "Misty Mountain Hop" is the only Zeppelin tune inspired by LOTR, he needs to listen to them more.

[Snake65]

Glad you wrote your own, too! I credit what little success I've gained as a writer to my days with AD&D (and others) working with plot, character, setting...

And yes, it was E. Gary Gygax... I guess I should take a time out in Baba Yaga's Magical Hut.

[Sloth]

The Lord of the Rings movie has made more than $260 million since its release on December 19

Actually, according to tolkien-movies.com, FOTR has taken in $666 million internationally -- THE MARK OF THE BEAST!

[RogueIsland]

Gygax should have been thrown to the orcs for some of the traps he threw in...

He seemed to like to set things up so that if you did something interesting, you usually got soundly thrashed for it.

[SamAdams76]

I think David Cloud is out to lunch along with the rest of the book burners. But there are a lot of Freepers here who want to have it both ways. They want to have their Tolkien and yet deny their children Harry Potter. They will even go so far as to promote Lord Of The Rings as a story with a Christian theme, even though the novel takes place many thousands of years before recorded history. In other words, before Genesis.

I'm a big fan of Tolkien's work. But I can read the books without feeling guilty and trying to make it something it is not. It is not a Christian book.

[ArGee]

is like comparing Styx's early hits with "Mr. Roboto".

Did Styx write 'Mr. Roboto?' I thought Sony did.

Seriously, that was a terrible song, but one fantastic concert.

Shalom.

[Darth Sidious]

You are now an instrument of Satan far more than you ever realized. What do you have to say for youself?

:-)

[Darth Sidious]

Y'all had so much fun on that thread last night, hadda invite ya over to this one :-)

[ArGee]

I played it whilst drinking Pepsi and eating Doritos.

Sometimes I watched other people play it ...

While getting ready for a date or other semblance of a life.

Uh-oh! I better get the asbestos underwear!

Shalom.

[L,TOWM]

Don't worry, even you can be redeemed, brother. ;-)

[Robert_Paulson2]

Another nut claiming to represent Jesus.

Never mind, everyone can see he is just another "foaming at the mouth" religious nut.

[ArGee]

surprise that they're in the same place he is,

You sure he's going?

To whom much is given, from him much is expected.

Shalom.