missmuffet Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2022 (edited) Smeagol who was Gollum on "The Lord of the Rings" held the ring as "His Precious". Does he represent our love of possessions, material things, money and riches? Look how Smeagol started out in the movie. And how he ended up Edited July 9, 2022 by missmuffet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 What is honestly your precious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathoner Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,279 Content Per Day: 7.09 Reputation: 13,305 Days Won: 99 Joined: 05/24/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2022 I would say "obsession" is the apt descriptive where Smeagol is concerned. But... but... precious? Preciousssss? The nasty hobbitses took my precious! Gollum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Knight Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.57 Reputation: 236 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/26/2022 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/03/1958 Share Posted July 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, missmuffet said: Smeagol who was Gollum on "The Lord of the Rings" held the ring as "His Precious". Does he represent our love of possessions, material things, money and riches? Look how Smeagol started out in the movie. And how he ended up If a lesson is to be drawn from this, perhaps it can be the sure dangers of making one's entire life dependent on physical "riches". Notice that what was the evil was the spirit placed in the ring. Not the material. BTW, I enjoyed the Hobbit series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 599 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,250 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,981 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2022 46 minutes ago, Dan Knight said: If a lesson is to be drawn from this, perhaps it can be the sure dangers of making one's entire life dependent on physical "riches". Notice that what was the evil was the spirit placed in the ring. Not the material. BTW, I enjoyed the Hobbit series. The books are better than the movies in my opinion.. I did enjoy both very much though.... maybe time for a binge weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 599 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,250 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,981 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2022 51 minutes ago, missmuffet said: What is honestly your precious? In this physical world would be my wife, children and grand children if anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xepiscopal Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 13 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/24/2022 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2022 The underlying Christian themes of Lord of the Rings are well known and that ground has been tilled thoroughly. Tolkien's conversion to Catholocism was well known. Personally, I prefer C.S Lewis works, especially his "Out of the Silent Planet" trilogy. I recommend that series if you like a bit more overt Christianity in your fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sower Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 14 Topic Count: 32 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,269 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 5,891 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/09/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted July 9, 2022 2 hours ago, missmuffet said: What is honestly your precious? Wife and family, church family, and the precious sheaves... "Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him" Psalm 126:5-6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Knight Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.57 Reputation: 236 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/26/2022 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/03/1958 Share Posted July 9, 2022 1 hour ago, other one said: The books are better than the movies in my opinion.. I did enjoy both very much though.... maybe time for a binge weekend. Do you recall the earlier version of the movie done in the 70's, I think. Titled "The Hobbit" i believe. It was done by filming the actors in live action scenes. They were hopping up and down on stages and scaffolding and such. Then artists would trace them, frame by frame, on a drawn in backdrop. I thought it pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted July 9, 2022 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 194 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.49 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted July 9, 2022 2 hours ago, missmuffet said: What is honestly your precious? The truth is, I am at best an unfaithful servant. But His work, despite my selfish self-serving nature which He has smacked around sufficiently to where I hold onto pretty much everything with a loose grip. The thing is when I examine all of this--it was truly despite any effort or lack thereof of my own. He has just done the work. Its like standing back and seeing something from afar. Not being able to take any credit is a very liberating thing. I only wish to love Him as I should and I am far from it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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