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JohnnyBoots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 01:15 PM
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Do You think if someone burried a copy of
Lord of the Rings in the desert a couple thousand years ago we'd all be praying to Frodo Baggins?
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 01:16 PM
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1. wow. the year changed to 1 after the Ring was destroyed.
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JohnnyBoots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 01:21 PM
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2. Makes you wonder....
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 02:16 PM
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3. No way
The major religions have all used evangelists to spread their doctrines.

What Tolkianity would have required was not only the Scriptures, but science-fiction conventions, fantasy geeks, and a then-non-existent medieval England to emulate.

--p!
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 02:18 PM
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4. I'm gonna do that...
I'm gonna bury a copy of Lord of the Rings somewhere and hopefully in 1000 years humans will be worshipping it! That will be so much fun!
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 02:18 PM
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5. Yeah, probably.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 02:20 PM
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6. heh
:eyes:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 02:23 PM
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7. That's just silly!
We'd be praying to the great Samwise. :silly:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 02:24 PM
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8. I always use the analogy of Gone With the Wind...and how we'd all
be praying to Rhett, our heavenly Father. :hi:
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