In the first book Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien makes a very wise observation. The hero, Frodo was adopted by his uncle Bilbo who lived at Bag End in Hobbiton. Frodo was from Buckland, on the other side of the river from where most Hobbits lived. AllContinue reading “Hobbiton vs Buckland”
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The Invention of Christianity . . .
There is an old joke that goes “On the sixth day God created man in his image, and on the seventh, man returned the compliment.” Or take the traditional explanation for the Septuagint (an early Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament from around the time of Christ). The story goes that basically 70 HebrewContinue reading “The Invention of Christianity . . .”
Unspoken Theology 