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You have shared your views about C S Lewis/LOTR, (thanks for sharing), but you haven't answered my question @David1701😊 We must of posted at the same time, lol, but my question still stands....

Evening @David1701😊 Could you explain what you mean please. I'm not with you. Are you implying that if one enjoys reading/watching a C S Lewis story, then this is an example of unrighteousness???

I completely agree that there is a growing disregard for Scripture in some gatherings. This is a true statement. And yes, there are certainly some heretics speaking heretical things from pulpits & pews. However... To then link these two sentences to your third point @Bawb .😩 Are you implying that if one does not find fault in the 'Rings' story, as you put it, then one will automatically, also find no problem with the occult! (What an extrapolation!).

I also know a few folk who greatly admire C S Lewis, and enjoy the LOTR trilogy and the Hobbit, and also, believe it or not, Love the Lord and serve Him. 😁 I don't think I've ever heard them chanting spells, and as far as I'm aware they don't produce potions in cauldrons, nor use broomsticks as transport.

I agree

@Bawb I think you have addressed the wrong person here. 😊 (see @Josheb post).

@Bawbis entitled to share his thoughts/opinions on something that is important to him.

Indeed it does.

I greatly admire and respect C S Lewis and his works. (I've always especially loved The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe). As well as the LOTR trilogy, I also enjoy the Hobbit. 😊

Do you think this is the first time I've come across fellow Believers critiquing these two films? 😬

I very much enjoy The Lord of the Rings trilogy @Bawb as well as C S Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia.

Indeed @Mama Etna

16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:16-17

Oh what a treat 😁 (I've only ever observed New Years Eve if there was a church gathering on this evening)

.....If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31b

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. 6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. 7 Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 8 Like one who binds a stone in a sling Is he who gives honor to a fool. 9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard Is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 10 The great God who formed everything Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages. 11 As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly. 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Proverbs 26:4-12

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My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away. Song of Solomon 2:10

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

thanks for this share @Bawb

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“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39

What do you mean by this? Do you mean that God created another human from the dust of the earth and breathed life into them? What do you mean by 'alongside'? Are you implying that the human race did not originate from only one couple, Adam & Eve? What do you mean there is missing history? How do you know there is missing history? I agree ... However if by your theory of the possibility of God creating humans 'alongside ' Adam & Eve, means that all humans do not originate from Adam & Eve, then would all human beings still be considered to be related....? Yes indeed 😊 That was my point....it's clear that for Adam to become one flesh with Eve, an individual who couldn't be any more closely related, it was perfectly acceptable, it was good. So for their offspring to intermarry, and produce further offspring, would also not have been seen as inappropriate behaviour, as it obviously is today - (although some cultures today, do still think it's acceptable for close cousins to marry).

Why is this a mystery? What are your thoughts? Who were these other people, and where did they come from? What do you mean by this statement? In Genesis 4:13-14, shortly after he killed his brother Abel, “Cain said to the LORD, ‘My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.’” Whom exactly was Cain afraid of? The only people the book of Genesis had mentioned to this point are Adam and Eve (Cain’s parents) and Abel (who was now dead). Who would possibly be a threat to Cain? It is important to recognize that Cain and Abel were both full-grown adults at the time that Cain killed Abel. Both Cain and Abel were farmers, who tended to their own lands and flocks (Genesis 4:2-4). The Bible does not tell us how old Cain and Abel were, but they very likely could have been in their 30’s or 40’s. The Bible does not specifically mention Adam and Eve having any children between Abel and Seth (Genesis 4:25). However, it is highly unlikely that the two most perfect human beings in the history of the world, Adam and Eve, would not have any children over several decades. Adam and Eve had many children after Seth (Genesis 5:4), so why would they not also have had other children between Abel and Seth? The Bible does not say that Seth was Adam and Eve’s first child, or even first son, after Abel was killed. Rather, it states that Seth was born as a “replacement” for Abel. Genesis chapter 5 traces the genealogy of Seth. Prior to his death, Abel was likely the “chosen” son that would eventually produce the Messiah (Genesis 3:15). It is in this sense that Seth “replaced” Abel. So, whom was Cain afraid of? Cain was afraid of his own brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces, who were already born and would be capable of seeking revenge. The fact that Cain had a wife (Genesis 4:17) is a further evidence that Adam and Eve had other children after Cain and Abel, but before Seth. Source: https://www.gotquestions.org/Cain-afraid.html We as Believers today, would not entertain the idea of marrying a blood relative - a brother or sister (or our father or mother, whom we have come from). However, Eve was created by God, from a rib, taken from Adam. These two individuals became one flesh....the first human marriage, in a sense, and they couldn't have been more closely blood related. Eve was taken from Adam, she was literally a part of him. 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:21-24