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  • webkangaroo Mar 1, 2012 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    I'm more of a Foucault guy. I think he's a little more cynical than you are. Shaw is also interesting -- the third act of Man and Superman esp.
  • cryptid Apr 12, 2009 @ 7:43 pm | delete
    The Lord of the Rings was mostly written (as far as I am aware) while Tolkien had some down time during the war. He was a soldier and many of the scenes are very inspired by the World Wars.

    As a whole I agree with you as well. Religion has been capable to exist because of humanities simple fear (mostly of the afterlife). Everyone at every point in time has desired, in some form or another, a higher being to give them purpose. Even I, an atheist, desire something bigger than me to give me meaning. Fortunately, I have found that by looking at the simple things in life that so many people take for granted such as love between two people (myself and my girlfriend). I find it foolish for people to seek the comfort of an invisible figure that is not proven to exist and who's church feeds of people's ignorance and fear.[in reply to drifter0658]
  • drifter0658 Apr 12, 2009 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    This is in essence the same philosophy that Ayn Rand beheld.

    I always felt that The Lord Of The Rings resembled the situation in Europe at the time it was written, and that Dune closely resembled Christianity. Either way, all organized religions (East and West) were born out of primitive fears and hopes, and a close examination will show that they are all similar in some fashion.
  • LiStra Mar 30, 2009 @ 2:23 pm | delete
    Interesting philosophy on god. I must say I do believe in some higher power, but what exactly that is, I am unsure. I like that you believe it to be within. I think that "God" gives hope to people. Some people don't need "god" to have hope. I prefer to believe everything we need comes from within.
    And i will now continue reading...

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