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Thorins_apprentice
Rohan
Nov 11 2012, 6:27am
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(Tolkien fans) What religion are you.
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 I thought it would be interesting, to see what religion Tolkien fans are, so i decided to create this poll.Also is there a religion that Tolkien invented for Middlearth.?
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Thorins_apprentice
Rohan
Nov 11 2012, 6:55am
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Did the people of MiddleEarth worship Eru Il'uvatar as a God.?
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Elizabeth
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Nov 11 2012, 7:16am
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...to distinguish "Catholic" from "Christian" because Catholics are Christians. A better distinction would be "Catholic" and "Protestant."
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Starling
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Nov 11 2012, 8:02am
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atheists might be surprised to find themselves included in a choice of religions.
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Thorins_apprentice
Rohan
Nov 11 2012, 8:11am
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You worship yourself.
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Thorins_apprentice
Rohan
Nov 11 2012, 8:30am
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I meant to put Morman there as well.
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So feel free to add Morman to the (other) choice.
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DanielLB
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Nov 11 2012, 8:53am
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I'm atheist, an don't worship myself /
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Thorins_apprentice
Rohan
Nov 11 2012, 9:00am
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It was just a counter joke.A very bad one.
I didn't want to offend anyone.
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Starling
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Nov 11 2012, 9:00am
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since you are indeed *gasp* immortal.
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Thorins_apprentice
Rohan
Nov 11 2012, 9:04am
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My poll is definately not immortal or worship worthy.
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What a fail if i ever saw one.
Hey admins, please feel free to delete whenever your'e ready. 
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DanielLB
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Nov 11 2012, 9:09am
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Doesn't that mean people should worship me ;-)
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You must bow before me!
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Annael
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Nov 11 2012, 5:04pm
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I don't fit into any category or belong to any group
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having studied religions both on my own and in grad school, I think the mystics of every religion must be on to something since they all say the same thing, but the "official" religions themselves have gotten off track.
Buddhists are atheists, by the way: they don't believe in a creator god.
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Annael
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Nov 11 2012, 5:09pm
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that's so wrong.
My father is an atheist. He doesn't believe there's a God or an afterlife or a soul. He thinks we're here on earth for one life and that's it. Believing that, he also believes that we are therefore morally bound to be the best people we can be and live a life of service to others. He served in WWII, then became a physician who devoted himself to the care of children, including spending a fair amount of time up in the mountains of Morocco when the French pulled out and took all the doctors with them, taking care of Berber children. He's instilled in all his children and grand-children the idea that we are here for others not ourselves.
I have a lot more admiration for someone who is good because he believes it is the right thing to do, not because he fears punishment or hopes for reward. To be good only for such reasons seems awfully self-serving to me.
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DanielLB
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Nov 11 2012, 5:34pm
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I have a lot more admiration for someone who is good because he believes it is the right thing to do, not because he fears punishment or hopes for reward. To be good only for such reasons seems awfully self-serving to me.
He sounds like a great man, your father.
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Eredhion
The Shire
Nov 11 2012, 6:00pm
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that we should be good because that's the right thing to do and I know many atheists who are much better than many Christians. But as a Christian I personally don't feel that my actions are made out of fear or for seeking an afterlife reward.
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Ataahua
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Nov 11 2012, 6:18pm
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in exactly the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby." - Scott Adams (which he borrowed from someone else).
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Sam20
Lorien
Nov 11 2012, 8:14pm
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It is a personal question so I am not so surprised that few people have responded directly to it. As for me, I've been raised as a Christian (or Roman Catholic) and that is still my religion.Though I've not a blind faith and I disagree with many things in it. I often doubt and question myself about what really is or was and what might be. I am a human after all and tough I may have faith and personal convictions, I dont really know. That's why I am open minded and have respect to any religion and interpretation of our existence and that of the world and dimension we are in.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 11 2012, 8:32pm
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He didn't live as heroic a life as yours, but he's been a very good, moral, decent, upright man for all his 82 years. And like your father, he's those things not because he thinks it will get him into heaven, but because it's the right thing to do.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 11 2012, 8:34pm
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Unitarian Universalist.
And I think Tolkien didn't want to invent a religion for Middle Earth, since he was such a devout Catholic. But he modeled the mythology somewhat on his beloved Norse myths, I think. Except that he had to work the one God in there, so he made the others Valar, and not gods.
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Sam20
Lorien
Nov 11 2012, 8:49pm
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It seems to me that you could have written the whole in one message and using the 'edit' fonction if necessery, just saying.
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Tigero
Rivendell
Nov 11 2012, 8:52pm
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''The goal of life is not to live forever, but to create something that does.''
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Well.. atleast Tolkien and PJ succeeded in life by that quote.
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