Glimpses of Truth in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

CBN News ^ | December 20, 2002 | Charles Colson

[Karsus]

I just have to wonder about some one who tries to equate LotR to Islam. Perhaps he just picked the number out of thin air, it has been know to happen.

[per loin]

Out of thin air? He was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon, steeped in the language of myth, in the great culture of the north, and in European history. He was aware of the long struggle against the dark forces, and aghast at Germany's treason against the north in its acceptance of Hitler, a perversion of that great northern culture of individualism.

[Karsus]

I am aware of all that. But that does not mean that his use of the number 19 means anything...

[newcats]

We try and stay away from hollywierd at all costs
Are you so niave to think that renting a movie doesn't send money to "hollywierd"?

[newcats]

We try and stay away from hollywierd at all costs
Are you so niave to think that renting a movie doesn't send money to "hollywierd"?

[MoGalahad]

Ah, I now see your point but it was not clear from your previous post. Thanks for clarifying.

[My2Cents]

ones life is a constant battle and we must see through the fog and select the right direction or face pains and suffering of an unbearable nature.

Well put. Especially in the world today, this needs to be understood.

[My2Cents]

One of the legends about Mohammad is that he never cast a shadow.

Wouldn't that make ol' Mohammad a blood-sucking vampire?

[My2Cents]

Thank you so much for the link to the 9-11 tribute art!

[Porterville]

I thought the Ring represented the most degenrate porn in South Park, and that it would turn all who saw it into the lowsome creature Butters.

[Porterville]

No, the Ring represents five midget porn in South Park.

[per loin]

I believe that our most eminent modern authority on vampires, Buffy, has dispelled that myth about shadowless vampires. Please keep up with the scholarship.

[Porterville]

Makes him a figment.

[My2Cents]

Thanks for the tip. I'd like to spend some time studying under Buffy, if you know what I mean....

[per loin]

Mandatory photo of the teacher:

[VOA]

I just have to wonder about some one who tries to equate LotR to Islam. Perhaps he just
picked the number out of thin air, it has been know to happen.

Doesn't matter if Tolkien even had Islam in mind when he wrote his book.

It just happens that this tale of goodness needing to get mean enough to repel
evil couldn't have come to the screen at a more propitious time.

You'd think Peter Jackson had been drafted like Frank Capra was to do the
"Why We Fight" series early during WWII.

Of course, if Jackson had made a film epic about the Turks being repelled
from the gates of Vienna on September 11, 1683, he'd now be reviled as the biggest
bigot of all time by the film community.
Well, maybe just about 99 and forty-four-one-hundredths percent of them.

[per loin]

You'd think Peter Jackson had been drafted like Frank Capra was to do the "Why We Fight" series early during WWII.

Perhaps, in the war against evil, draft notices come from a higher authority.

[VOA]

Perhaps, in the war against evil, draft notices come from a higher authority.

Well, before some Frank Capra authority jumps on me...
I don't know if Capra got into the service by draft or by volunteering.

But what I do remember is that he was given the task to make films that might
explain to a generally isolationist/pacifist US population about why they
should be concerned about what was happening across the seas.

I've only seen short clips of the films. The ones that poked fun at Mussolini
by running new footage were pretty funny (and good at deflating a dictator who's
only good quality was making the trains run on time).

[My2Cents]

Perhaps, in the war against evil, draft notices come from a higher authority.

Amen!

[My2Cents]

He also drained the swamps, did he not? A truly efficient bureaucrat.