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Firstly, I pray for forgiveness for anything that I say which may offend - I am on what I hope is a righteous path, and I need a lot of guidance. I am deeply ashamed of the sins that I commit every day, and I hope that this message board can help me to become a better person.
One thing that I have wrestled with is a false belief that I find it very difficult to stop believing. Perhaps you can help me to dismiss it - or perhaps I am correct after all?
My belief is based on God's perfect creation: Creation itself. Despite its absolute perfection, right down to the most perfect details (such as parasitic wasps whose sole purpose is to live inside caterpillars - this example is a perfect example of how ridiculous evolution is - why would such a thing ever exist? Clearly it was created for reasons beyond our human comprehension, and His perfect wisdom will maybe reveal those reasons to a lucky few of us after the rapture), some things went wrong. Adam and Eve gave in to temptation; Cain killed Abel; at one point things got so bad that the Almighty felt it necessary to flood the entire world and save only a chosen few, and start all over again.
My problem with this is that despite God's perfection, it took him a few thousand years to get things just the way he wanted them. This is understandable of course, especially if the same process is going on on other planets. Some believe that there may even be planets where the cretaures there were born without Original Sin - I find this doubtful, as it hasn't even been satisfactorily proven that there are any planets outside our Solar System. However, is it possible that Creation is just God's latest and most perfect attempt?
I believe we may have bene given a sign of this in the last century. J. R. R. Tolkien, who I believe may have been chosen to share with us the history of a Creation before our own, wrote about Middle Earth. I believe that 'Middle' Earth may be a subtle reference to the fact that it is the 'middle' Creation: There was one before it, of which very little is known, and we are currently in the third one. Again, this is no coincidence. Jesus rose on the third day. There are three parts to the Holy Trinity.
I believe that Middle Earth ultimately failed, and God had to destroy it, and start again with Genesis. However, there are some lessons to be learnt from Middle Earth. Like in our Creation, the first beings were long-lived: Methuselah lived to 969, but some of the Elves such as Elrond and Legolas lived to well over 7,000! However, like with the men of the Old Testament, the elves eventually died out and were replaced by a more corrupt lifeform, mankind. The fall of Isildur is much like the fall of Lucifer or of Adam.
Gandalf may also have been some form of Messiah. Not a perfect one, like the Almighty Jesus Christ, but one who was able to offer at least some salvation in a very evil and imperfect world.
There are also fundamental sounds - the sounds of God - which echo through these Creations. Aragorn, the King who managed to topple Sauron of Mordor (who, by no coincidence whatsoever, appears to be from the Middle East - perhaps the equivalent of Islam?), was also known as Elessar. This name is repeated in the Old Testament, with Eleazor, and also in God's own name, Elohim. Perhaps Elessar and Eleazor were both named afte the same God, in their earlier, more primitive tongue?
I write this because I want to be cured of these evil thoughts, if they are indeed evil. Maybe I'm right? I don't know, which is why I'm here for guidance.
God bless you all, and may the Valar protect you.
One thing that I have wrestled with is a false belief that I find it very difficult to stop believing. Perhaps you can help me to dismiss it - or perhaps I am correct after all?
My belief is based on God's perfect creation: Creation itself. Despite its absolute perfection, right down to the most perfect details (such as parasitic wasps whose sole purpose is to live inside caterpillars - this example is a perfect example of how ridiculous evolution is - why would such a thing ever exist? Clearly it was created for reasons beyond our human comprehension, and His perfect wisdom will maybe reveal those reasons to a lucky few of us after the rapture), some things went wrong. Adam and Eve gave in to temptation; Cain killed Abel; at one point things got so bad that the Almighty felt it necessary to flood the entire world and save only a chosen few, and start all over again.
My problem with this is that despite God's perfection, it took him a few thousand years to get things just the way he wanted them. This is understandable of course, especially if the same process is going on on other planets. Some believe that there may even be planets where the cretaures there were born without Original Sin - I find this doubtful, as it hasn't even been satisfactorily proven that there are any planets outside our Solar System. However, is it possible that Creation is just God's latest and most perfect attempt?
I believe we may have bene given a sign of this in the last century. J. R. R. Tolkien, who I believe may have been chosen to share with us the history of a Creation before our own, wrote about Middle Earth. I believe that 'Middle' Earth may be a subtle reference to the fact that it is the 'middle' Creation: There was one before it, of which very little is known, and we are currently in the third one. Again, this is no coincidence. Jesus rose on the third day. There are three parts to the Holy Trinity.
I believe that Middle Earth ultimately failed, and God had to destroy it, and start again with Genesis. However, there are some lessons to be learnt from Middle Earth. Like in our Creation, the first beings were long-lived: Methuselah lived to 969, but some of the Elves such as Elrond and Legolas lived to well over 7,000! However, like with the men of the Old Testament, the elves eventually died out and were replaced by a more corrupt lifeform, mankind. The fall of Isildur is much like the fall of Lucifer or of Adam.
Gandalf may also have been some form of Messiah. Not a perfect one, like the Almighty Jesus Christ, but one who was able to offer at least some salvation in a very evil and imperfect world.
There are also fundamental sounds - the sounds of God - which echo through these Creations. Aragorn, the King who managed to topple Sauron of Mordor (who, by no coincidence whatsoever, appears to be from the Middle East - perhaps the equivalent of Islam?), was also known as Elessar. This name is repeated in the Old Testament, with Eleazor, and also in God's own name, Elohim. Perhaps Elessar and Eleazor were both named afte the same God, in their earlier, more primitive tongue?
I write this because I want to be cured of these evil thoughts, if they are indeed evil. Maybe I'm right? I don't know, which is why I'm here for guidance.
God bless you all, and may the Valar protect you.
and Lord of the Rings brought D&D!!! 
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