"'The Lord of the Rings' is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision," Tolkien wrote in a letter in 1953 to Robert Murray, a Jesuit priest.
So, yes, by Tolkien's words, LoTR is Christian. Quite frankly, as another Catholic, I seem to get more from the books than when I read it as an atheist, even more so than my Protestant friends and family. To me, it seems that Tolkien is talking in a special language. The little things he mentions, like lembas(and the Catholic belief in Eucharist), click for me. The reflection of the threefold mission of Christ(priest, prophet and king reflected in Frodo, Gandalf and Aragorn, respectively). The existence of absolute truth(Aragorn's words to Eomer regarding how one is to judge in these times) and absolute evil(the Ring is evil, and will pervert all attempts to do good with it). The Noldor fall from grace. The almost-redemption of Gollum(who is the character I personally identify with the most). The test of Galadriel. And on and on. To treat it as a 'swords and sorcery' tale is to ignore the view Tolkien held.
The Book of Mormon has been shown to be unreliable as a archeological text by Mormons and non-Mormons alike. Claims to archeological validity were dealt with
here
by the Smithsonian Institute.
Circuit Cellar has an article on building an Ethernet board here. The CS8900 is capable of being used with an 8- or 16- bit cpu. Perfect for interfacing with small computers.
Has any thought been given to reusing the main rockets? A friend once suggested getting them into orbit and using the shell as add-on modules for a space station. It seems like it would save time and money.
The funny thing is, they still think that their idea is going to fly. To quote their site(here):
The dream was to connect items in the physical world to the Internet, automatically.
In January that dream hit a bump in the road and the servers were taken offline.
They will scan again...
I can't wait...
I have two of them, a silver and black and a beige one. I hacked a PC power supply to run one(since I didn't get the original power adapter with it). C and Forth are both available, if you can't stand the TI Basic which is built in. I like it because the hardware is still at a level that I can grok. People have built IDE controllers and other fun things for them. An all around great computer to teach some basic(no pun intended) computing ideas to young kids. Did I mention cheap, too? Check ebay for "ti 99" if you are curious.
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are, to put it mildly, very distubing. I am not sure which is worse, the naked guy or the wannabe pirate...
Granted. But what if you want to sell that book later? Is it still the same book you bought?
Discussion over. You agree with his point.
Used college textbooks sell for 1/2 to 2/3 of the price of new texts, even if they're the same edition and only a single semester old, for this reason: by applying your edits to the book, you're decreasing its value to anyone but yourself.
And to the customers of this service, the edited version has a greater value(or else they would not pay for the service).
I'd rather take your money(and whatever else I want), and let you worry about whether my life is better or not.
If you act in a moral way then others are more likely to act that way with you.
Pretend to be moral, manipulate them, and reap the benefits of both sides. Works for a lot of people...
I do believe in God but I do not believe religion is the basis of morality.
Running out to Webster, the most applicable definition of religion as it pertains to your post is this: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith
Are you telling me that your morality is somehow divorced from your principles and beliefs? An odd claim.
Religion, an invention of man, incoporated existing moral principals.
Care to deliver proof of the assertion that morality preexisted religion?
I believe we have free will. I believe we are the author of our experience. We create our own heaven or hell right here on earth. Things happen to everyone. It's not the events themselves that control our life; it's our reaction to the events.
Because they are clever a vengeful, and on the whole tend to return how they are treated.
So, prey on the weak. It works for rapists, frat boys, CEOs, record execs, etc. Avoid pissing off those who can harm you, and manipulate and consume those who can't.
Because you would not want to live in a society that normally applied that rule to you. It's called self interest...
So, avoid that outcome. Play the part of the 'good citizen.'
It's much like dealing with a herd of caribou or a pack of wolves. They are dangerous, and I treat them with a small measure of respect due to the possibility of personal harm. But that doesn't stop me from manipulating and consuming them to my benefit.
In our case, the herd could possibly imprison or kill me, so I treat it carefully. But it's still there for my consumption, my benefit. Just like any other piece of meat.
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Don't buy a friggin tv. If you don't like the terms, don't use the service. Wean yourself from your electronic nipple.
"'The Lord of the Rings' is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision," Tolkien wrote in a letter in 1953 to Robert Murray, a Jesuit priest.
So, yes, by Tolkien's words, LoTR is Christian. Quite frankly, as another Catholic, I seem to get more from the books than when I read it as an atheist, even more so than my Protestant friends and family. To me, it seems that Tolkien is talking in a special language. The little things he mentions, like lembas(and the Catholic belief in Eucharist), click for me. The reflection of the threefold mission of Christ(priest, prophet and king reflected in Frodo, Gandalf and Aragorn, respectively). The existence of absolute truth(Aragorn's words to Eomer regarding how one is to judge in these times) and absolute evil(the Ring is evil, and will pervert all attempts to do good with it). The Noldor fall from grace. The almost-redemption of Gollum(who is the character I personally identify with the most). The test of Galadriel. And on and on. To treat it as a 'swords and sorcery' tale is to ignore the view Tolkien held.
This guy here is selling off a mint Gatling Gun replica. It sits next to his office. Very nice, and would definitely worry the neighbors.
The Book of Mormon has been shown to be unreliable as a archeological text by Mormons and non-Mormons alike. Claims to archeological validity were dealt with here by the Smithsonian Institute.
"On a morning when I'm receiving the latest windows virus in my inbox every five minutes I feel very comfortable with this."
I have gotten about almost 100 this morning...
They don't need to. Contiki, the OS that comes with this card, has a browser. And a web server.
Circuit Cellar has an article on building an Ethernet board here.
The CS8900 is capable of being used with an 8- or 16- bit cpu. Perfect for interfacing with small computers.
Wouldn't those be pronounced the same way? Makes it a little confusing to talk about.
Has any thought been given to reusing the main rockets? A friend once suggested getting them into orbit and using the shell as add-on modules for a space station. It seems like it would save time and money.
You mean to tell me it took this long to get a M:TG joke? They must be modded down...
The funny thing is, they still think that their idea is going to fly. To quote their site(here):
The dream was to connect items in the physical world to the Internet, automatically. In January that dream hit a bump in the road and the servers were taken offline. They will scan again...
I can't wait...
Yes. He a security guard.
I have two of them, a silver and black and a beige one. I hacked a PC power supply to run one(since I didn't get the original power adapter with it). C and Forth are both available, if you can't stand the TI Basic which is built in. I like it because the hardware is still at a level that I can grok. People have built IDE controllers and other fun things for them. An all around great computer to teach some basic(no pun intended) computing ideas to young kids. Did I mention cheap, too? Check ebay for "ti 99" if you are curious.
are, to put it mildly, very distubing. I am not sure which is worse, the naked guy or the wannabe pirate...
I usually don't use them in the future
And how, exactly, do you know this?
It wouldn't. Knowing the search parameters and the returned file name(from the person's search) would probably be enough for troublemaking.
Can you do it more than once a second without severe wrist problems?
...
Wait till some idiot decides to spam *.*.*.*
Anyone have links to current projects using Mozilla as a basis? I mean, non- browser specific projects?
You realize, of course, that those are also the countries where the Catholic Church has a progressively smaller impact on society.
Look at the places where the Church is growing, and you see a different story.
my general unfamiliarity with Linux and the unavailability of a spare machine to set it up on
.pst file
Dual boot. Grab a copy of Partition Magic, or your favorite OSS partition shrinker, and install away.
what bloody distro should I use?
Install a few, and see which one you like. Redhat, Suse and Mandrake for the easy installs. Debian, Gentoo or Slackware after that.
my ridiculously big-assed
Don't know what this is...
the few games I play
Dual boot.
the IDE I use (Dreamweaver MX) for ColdFusion/JSP development
Dual boot or vmware.
Quicken doesn't run in Linux (and boy, I am so shit at money management I NEED Quicken to even know what I have in the bank)
Try GnuCash. Or I believe Quicken runs under Wine now...
Granted. But what if you want to sell that book later? Is it still the same book you bought?
Discussion over. You agree with his point.
Used college textbooks sell for 1/2 to 2/3 of the price of new texts, even if they're the same edition and only a single semester old, for this reason: by applying your edits to the book, you're decreasing its value to anyone but yourself.
And to the customers of this service, the edited version has a greater value(or else they would not pay for the service).
Because your life will work better!
I'd rather take your money(and whatever else I want), and let you worry about whether my life is better or not.
If you act in a moral way then others are more likely to act that way with you.
Pretend to be moral, manipulate them, and reap the benefits of both sides. Works for a lot of people...
I do believe in God but I do not believe religion is the basis of morality.
Running out to Webster, the most applicable definition of religion as it pertains to your post is this: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith
Are you telling me that your morality is somehow divorced from your principles and beliefs? An odd claim.
Religion, an invention of man, incoporated existing moral principals.
Care to deliver proof of the assertion that morality preexisted religion?
I believe we have free will. I believe we are the author of our experience. We create our own heaven or hell right here on earth. Things happen to everyone. It's not the events themselves that control our life; it's our reaction to the events.
And this pertains to the post in what way?
Because they are clever a vengeful, and on the
whole tend to return how they are treated.
So, prey on the weak. It works for rapists, frat boys, CEOs, record execs, etc. Avoid pissing off those who can harm you, and manipulate and consume those who can't.
Because you would not want to live in a society that normally applied that rule to you. It's called self interest...
So, avoid that outcome. Play the part of the 'good citizen.'
It's much like dealing with a herd of caribou or a pack of wolves. They are dangerous, and I treat them with a small measure of respect due to the possibility of personal harm. But that doesn't stop me from manipulating and consuming them to my benefit.
In our case, the herd could possibly imprison or kill me, so I treat it carefully. But it's still there for my consumption, my benefit. Just like any other piece of meat.
why should you bother treating him as anything else.
He amuses me. At the time he doesn't, he is gone.
See, just a piece of meat. The rest of your post seems to agree with my statement anyway...