[lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan and Hobbit references

Todd Archer todda39 at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 9 14:00:34 PDT 2004


budge said:


>otoh, i'd bet the percentage of people that have read none
>of the bible to be less than 10% and the countryside is
>littered with monuments to the so-called judeo-xtian dog. i
>wonder which literary tradition exerts more influence on the
>culture and politics of our society?

"The Bible" isn't just a literary tradition. Tolkien (and fantasy) is.

The actual books of the Bible have been around, what, over two thousand years? LOTR's been here for less than a century.

You're comparing apples and oranges.


>if you want to understand 'western civilization', i'd say
>the bible is pretty core reading. i can't think of any
>non-circular reference to things in our society that are
>well explained by the stories in LOTR; it just isn't that
>universal.

LOTR has lots of Biblical and Christian references.

Todd

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