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11-15-2004, 12:01 AM | #1 |
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Tolkien's Elves - our Earth
In the view of recent discovery of the hobbit-like ancient humanoid and my previous post about astounding implications which comes from the study of the Bible Genesis , an interesting thought came on my mind.
What if it really true and some day we will discover what happened to those offsprings of elves among us and will be able to identify them. What would happen next? Will the world greet them with open arms, put on a pedestal to worship as real descendants of the First children of God? What is your opinion? Last edited by Olmer : 11-17-2004 at 05:55 PM. |
11-15-2004, 12:07 AM | #2 |
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I would tend to think the opposite would happen. Race war, that sort of thing. Look at our history. Oh, and of course established religion would have some motivation against them because it would imply a different cosmology.
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11-15-2004, 10:43 AM | #3 |
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Frankly, given the hierarchal nature of reality, it would not make any difference.
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11-15-2004, 01:36 PM | #4 |
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I agree that religion won't be happy about such discovery, but considering that it could be a small and very deluded amount , I don't think it could be a war, but probably a witch-hunt.
And according to scientists, the reality is more of chaotic nature , and hierarchy much more depends on circumstantial occurences, so such occurence as a discovery of the immortal's descendants , frankly, in my POV would make a big difference. |
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11-15-2004, 04:19 PM | #6 |
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Count, it would make no difference to Christians due to the hierarchal nature of the universe. Plenty of room for all God's creatures there!
Olmer, which religions would mount a witch hunt? More likely the 'scientific journalist' types would hound them to death, unless the papparrazzi beat them to it and killed them by irradiation of photo-flashes !
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11-17-2004, 06:29 PM | #7 |
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People, wake up and smell reality!
Instant celebrities? Maybe for a few hours, and then, as Count Comfect smartly said, an opposite will happen, because even if we have plenty of room for all God's creatures it doesn't stop human to be biased against each other. The bloodiest and longest wars have been instigated in the name of God to seek a superioriy and by whatever means to insure such dominance. I think that morally we did not get advanced far enough to be ready to meet the progenies of the Firstborn. Sadly, if any of Elves descendants still were dwelling in our time, than the fact of their origin from immortal type of humanoids would be kept in secrecy. What difference between Elves and Men? Considering that the Elves and the Man have the same "faculties", can interbreed, producing healthy offsprings, indicate them as the one biological group with only one little difference - immortality. And this fact makes a HUGE difference! "So, if they are the same type, then why they live forever, and I am not? I want it too!!!"- that would be, naturally, the first thought of many people. Thanks God, men of the Middle-earth was not so advanced in genetic researches, otherwise the leftover elves would encouter a genocide in such proportions that even Hitler wouldn't dream about. At present time men of the Earth have even greater lust for immortality.... So, given an opportunity to find this tiny gene which makes such big difference between otherwise similar humans, the scientists, the politicians and even ordinary people wouldn't stop by moral and humane criterias. The elves offsprings would be hunted worldwide, studied and disected in the name of humanitarianism. Last edited by Olmer : 11-17-2004 at 09:51 PM. |
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