i mean if people have the capacity to put so much belief into a book..why not
2006-07-13 06:22:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We don't worship him now?
2006-07-13 06:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by Carsten 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gandalf no, he's a Maia silly...anyhow, I don't think we would know of the Lord of the Rings if it was written 2000 years ago. It would've faded into myth way before then, unlike the Bible that is the Word of God. It's only a regular book and like most will provably fall out of print in the distant future, the Bible won't.
2006-07-13 06:30:39 · answer #2 · answered by Perilous Rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you unaware that Tolkien was a traditional Catholic? He wrote Lord of the Rings based upon the Catholic Church. Gandalf is symbolic of Jesus. This is why people fall in love with the series so much, because it is actually about the Church and reality only put in a fictional sense so some can understand it better. Tolkien was a genius!
2006-07-13 06:29:48 · answer #3 · answered by oremus_fratres 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why Gandalf? Why not the High Elves; it would probably make more sense. BTW, Lord of the Rings is the Best. Trilogy. Ever.
2006-07-13 06:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by Elven 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Frodo Failed - The Republicans have the ring* surely, this is totally a threat for the memories to finally end up being idea-about as in preserving with truth. seem at Robin Hood and King Arthur. we are able to locate aspects of truth in them in preserving with actual human beings, although this is continuously a mixture of memories from diverse human beings rolled into one. i do not locate out about actually worship, yet i will ppl 2000 yrs from now saying that Frodo and Gandalf were "in preserving with actual human beings" even as surely, Tolkein used Norse mythology as his base.
2016-10-14 10:32:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you gotta pick a book, I suppose LotR sure beats "The DaVinci Code."
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Your example's sort of ironic, btw: As gleaned from Tolkien's works and letters to people, Gandalf was the embodiment of a maiar (i.e., angel) from the West (i.e., heaven) who was chosen to go in mortal form to Middle Earth [as one of the "wise men" or Istari] specifically because he did not believe himself capable of doing the job.
He was probably the Istari who was "Least Likely to Want to be Worshipped."
2006-07-13 06:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by Jennywocky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not; the LOTR series borrows heavily from Norse mythology (the Ring Cycle) already. But niether mythos teklls you how to live your life well; there both great potboilers. You need a book that's real preachy and has no practical advice.
2006-07-13 06:28:17 · answer #7 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Gandalf came back from the dead. At least he did something useful afterwards. Jesus just split to Heaven.
2006-07-13 06:35:32 · answer #8 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I already worship Gandalf. Don't mock my LOTR religion!
2006-07-13 06:26:09 · answer #9 · answered by figaro1912 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are that Tolkien would probably have been labelled a heretic and burned at the stake, or tortured and then burned at the stake. Humans have never been that conducive to creativity.
2006-07-13 06:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by clampnugget 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likely they would but movies wernt made 2000 years ago. so if he seriously lived that long ago and was a wizard people probably would be worshiping him.
2006-07-13 06:27:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋