(urth) Silmarillion

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Wed Jul 7 15:06:53 PDT 2010


What is your point?

Is Tolkien's reading the only reading?

Do you consider Tolkien's reading to be authoritative?

I thought you were a Christian. Are you not a Christian?

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>> This is only one reading.
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> This is the way Tolkien described it. See "The Letters of  JRR Tolkien"
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>> In what way does what you say contradict what I say?
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> Well, to the extent that 1) what I say is the way Tolkien described the
> creation of his world in very straightforward and engaging terms, and 2)
> that he never offered "deep history" as an explanation...well it doesn't
> *contradict* what your saying. Saying "Oranges grow from trees in
> Florida" does not contradict "Oranges can be thought of as a symbol of
> fertility." But only one statement tells me where to buy oranges
> wholesale.
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