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- Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:23 am
- Forum: Welcome to Our Messageboard! COME HERE FIRST
- Topic: GREETINGS to our Newest Members!
- Replies: 2822
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A 64 kiss salute to welcome Griffon64! :love: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :k...
- Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:31 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: TIME Persons of the Year
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12178
- Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:13 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Replies: 66
- Views: 47589
- Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:03 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: [topic regretted] (was Jews against anti-Christian ...)
- Replies: 202
- Views: 87166
I do not think the article Meneltarma linked to is a good article. I think it is a polite rant. The thesis of the article appears to be that people must compartmentalize religion, and I don’t agree with this at all. I believe the author is using the point that no one should be forced to celebrate Ch...
- Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:24 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan
- Replies: 108
- Views: 56763
- Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:12 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan
- Replies: 108
- Views: 56763
She follows the man she does love: her surrogate father, and through defending him (in vain: he still buys it) gains, not the death she seeks, but new life, true glory, and .. redemption? No, not redemption. I think Éowyn redeems herself in the houses of healing. I do not think redemption is partic...
- Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:26 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Replies: 66
- Views: 47589
Yes, I thought I remembered something like that. In fact, there's a whole thing in the appendix of LOTR. I'll edit it in here in a bit. edit: On second, thought, maybe it's not necessary. The language of orcs is ranging a bit far from the subject of this thread, perhaps. Anywhere, there's a whole pa...
- Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:13 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Replies: 66
- Views: 47589
What are orc languages like? Are there any stories behind those words? It doesn't seem likely. Where do orc languages come from, anyway? I suppose they were invented by Morgoth or Sauron ... perhaps made in mockery of true languages. Formed by taking a true language and wringing all life out of it u...
- Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:21 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Replies: 66
- Views: 47589
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:23 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: [topic regretted] (was Jews against anti-Christian ...)
- Replies: 202
- Views: 87166
I'm going to start in this thread with a few scattered thoughts. In Iran, are people free to practice Islam? How can they be, if they are not free to practice Christianity? If they are not free to leave Islam at all? Christianity in the United States is threatened when people feel pressure not to be...
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:53 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Replies: 66
- Views: 47589
- Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:29 am
- Forum: Arda Unmarred
- Topic: The poetry of nature
- Replies: 51
- Views: 86306
- Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:45 am
- Forum: Arda Unmarred
- Topic: The poetry of nature
- Replies: 51
- Views: 86306
An explosion of posts! I want to comment on every poem here, and I will ... but now I only have time for one, so right now I want to dive into this lovely poem that SilverScribe wrote ... or that we guess SilverScribe wrote. :) [edit ... we don't have to guess anymore] There, across the street from ...
- Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:23 am
- Forum: Arda Unmarred
- Topic: The poetry of nature
- Replies: 51
- Views: 86306
Voronwë : Thank you, friend. Sass : Were you thinking of a particular place in South Africa? Indeed not. I was thinking of how I could put together the few words in the language that I know! :D Sass , thank you for sharing that poem by Hopkins. I think it really shows the unexpected juxtaposition i...
- Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:07 am
- Forum: Arda Unmarred
- Topic: The poetry of nature
- Replies: 51
- Views: 86306
The poetry of nature
Both the unmarred earth and poetry may yield surprising beauty with unexpected motion and juxtaposition. There is a thread dedicated to the prose words of nature, and I believe there should be a separate thread devoted to the poetry of nature. I offer two short and raw poems I have written in Afrika...
- Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:09 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Replies: 66
- Views: 47589
Voronwë, this is a fascinating post. I have something to say, though I am afraid it is not as responsive as your post deserves ... but this is where my thoughts take me at the moment. The Shibboleth is a symbol of language as a divider. But language is how we communicate with each other, one way we ...
- Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:17 am
- Forum: Welcome to Our Messageboard! COME HERE FIRST
- Topic: GREETINGS to our Newest Members!
- Replies: 2822
- Views: 1004026
Thank you for the welcome, Sass and Jn and Voronwë . I am not at all sure I will be posting here in the short-term future, to be honest. But to be perfectly frank if this place becomes what you all hope it will be then I am sure in the long-term future I will be posting here. I really don't want to ...