September 30, 2003

Species, Defects, 'Holy' Mary
Jarrickon Half-elven

Frodo_Lives, both Bombadil and Goldberry are Maiar, the lower subdivision of the angelic beings known as the Ainur (the higher subdivision being the Valar). The Barrow-wights are evil spirits that have fled from the Witch-kings ancient realm of Angmar, and have animated the decaying bones and armor of the Númenóreans.

Killa, the glitch is merely a defect in your individual DVD. Sorry, but screw-ups happen sometimes.

Sorry, Eioule, but Mary is definitely not perfect. Despite her giving birth to the incarnated Christ, she was still a created being of God, and therefore human. The Bible says, ". . .all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Also, ". . .none is holy, no, not one." To be perfect, one has to be without sin, which no human is, save the Lord Jesus Christ who was also God. I ask you to show me from the Word where it says that Mary is holy, able to be prayed to, or capable of forgiving sins.

By the way, Pip, I mostly agree with you in your post, "What Did I Say?", however, you may have gotten just a bit too Tookish when you claimed that there would be no Bible without Catholosism. The Word of the Lord was written exclusively by Jews (save a bit of Daniel where Nebachudnezzar(sp?) writes a bit). The RC Church actually tried to keep English (from Latin) translations away from the people for a good long while after it became possible to mass-produce books due to Gutenberg.

It seems this forum has a good many Roman Catholics. Please take none of what I'm saying ill. I truely believe Catholics can be Christians (again, a lot just go through the motions, as the faith is largely ritual). I also have a huge problem with the some of the practices of the New England Puritans, who seemed nearly incapable of joy and murdered innocents if something weird happened (watch the Crucible, or even the Witch-hunt scene in Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail).

And Imlar, your article "Right On, Chrissy...", I AGREE ENTIRELY (Though I've not read anything that spoke of "a time in Tolkien's life when he went from believing ABOUT God to trusting IN him for his soul's salvation;" where'd you read it?).

Explanatory side-note for my last article: I screwed up my HTML coding, so some of it looks a bit weird.


Namárië!