religion

Well, as I've made a promise elsewhere to share the Statement of Faith and Doctrine and Covenants (Appendix A and B) of my future book The Religion Of Opinion, it's only fair I share them here as well, where the ideas for the book were first coalesced, together with long preceding history, into...

In 2003 and 2012 because of the movies (The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) the subject of "Tolkienian spirituality" or spirituality based on his Legendarium came up again so I'll create this topic with future discussions in mind because maybe the Amazon series can rekindle the debate. I...

They don't have to of course. Plenty of fantasy stories exclude religion as simply out of context. But there is a theology in Middle Earth, made very explicit in the Ainulindalë and hinted at in LOTR, when Galdalf tells Frodo: "I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was meant to find...

I was thinking today about how all of 'our' countries and people groups have their own religions that dictate to them the moral standards by which to live. What examples of this to we see in Middle Earth, not only in reference to their own God figures (Eru, for example), but also in...

Global warming is beyond politics and religion. It is science. It is a planetary emergency that effects all of us. If you wish to discuss it, this is the place, if The Powers That Be do not consider it a forbidden topic. Global warming effects all of us, no matter our country, politics or...

Religious Tolkienists believe and worship the Valar & Iluvatar. I have been searching for these people for a year. This religion is not common and would be delighted to find someone to share it with. I am passionately in love with Middle-earth and my religion and I believe any true tolkienists...

I haven't made an apperiance on the forum in a while, but some of you may know me.(YayGollum, perhaps, may remember me.) I decided to make another apperiance because one of my friends is doing a report on religion in LOTR. I was wondering if some opions, facts, or other interesting stuff...

Did hobbits have religion? Do you think the Valar had any hand in their making? If the Dwarves had Aule, and the Elves were specially beloved to the Valar, who cared for the hobbits? i don't think there is anything published in this matter, so I'm really looking for your opinions and ideas :)...

I guess that if I were asked whether people in ME practice religion I would have to say that they are above the "religion" that we practice today... it seems to me that Elves, Dwarves, Men, and Hobbits had all mastered their "religion"... hmmmm, how do I explain my theory?... instead of being...

I had a speaker today at school... A philosopher. He was talking about how Religion was something that really helped him through his life, and made a rather interesting analogy. Now I'm just paraphrasing here: 'Now has anyone ever seen the Lord of the Rings movie?' *My hand shoots up...

I was thinking over the cultures of Middle-earth, and it occured to me that none of the races are particularly religious. Yes, there are "gods", personified by the Valar, but never do you hear of Elves or Men praying to them. Have there been any threads on this subject? I'm not talking about...

What would an LOTR religion or cult be like?- just as a joke:) Does anyone no anybody who studies LOTR and the others as a religion? Anyone who thinks that a cult-type eligion can be based on the books or at least certain moral codes? Make up yout own! symbol- a Ring (like the Star of David...

In Tolkien's letter to Milton Waldmen (#131, page 156 in my copy) we find... A new religion, and worship of the Dark, with its temple under Sauron arises. If we assume, for the sake of a temporary lack of argument ;), that a new religion replaces an old religion, then my question is...

Hi I was thinking, and if this has come out in some other thread my apologies, but do you realize that in Middle earth there is no such thing as a religion?? Iluvatar and the Valars were not venerated as we do in real earth (Cristianity, The Islam, etc) they don't have temples or churches or...