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Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 12:45 pm
Please dont feed it. Please!
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 1:19 pm
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#23
RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 1:23 pm
No, they're obviously theists.

They invade the lands of everyone else, killing and slaughtering everyone who doesn't belong in their little club.

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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 1:24 pm
(December 4, 2020 at 1:23 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: No, they're obviously theists.

They invade the lands of everyone else, killing and slaughtering everyone who doesn't belong in their little club.

Theocracy does so atleast.
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 3:17 pm
Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
No they are fictional Smile
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 4:20 pm
(December 4, 2020 at 3:17 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
No they are fictional  Smile

If fictional Jesus can be Jewish, I see no reason why fictional Ugluk can't be an atheist.

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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 5:27 pm (This post was last modified: December 4, 2020 at 5:27 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
(December 4, 2020 at 11:10 am)Sweden83 Wrote: There is a moment in "Return of the King movie" where Gandalf says to the mouth of Sauron (Faithless and accursed)
Bit of a mixed bag 

 Sauron is most definitely not faithless as he worships his dark master Morgoth the fallen Ainur and even brought down the kingdom of Númenor by starting a cult to him. As for the Orcs, we know some worship him as the Orcs are mentioned to make offerings to him like Frodo's stuff when he's captured by them.
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 7:43 pm
(December 4, 2020 at 4:20 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(December 4, 2020 at 3:17 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
No they are fictional  Smile

If fictional Jesus can be Jewish, I see no reason why fictional Ugluk can't be an atheist.

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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 7:51 pm (This post was last modified: December 4, 2020 at 7:53 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(December 4, 2020 at 7:43 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(December 4, 2020 at 4:20 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If fictional Jesus can be Jewish, I see no reason why fictional Ugluk can't be an atheist.

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But how do they know what a menu is?

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We know there were public eating houses in Eriador and Rohan (which is where the orcs in that gif are), so in the course of their plundering, they could well have run across a bill of fare.

Or it could simply be yet another case of Peter Jackson taking unconscionable liberties with the source material.

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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 8:03 pm
(December 4, 2020 at 7:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(December 4, 2020 at 7:43 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: But how do they know what a menu is?

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We know there were public eating houses in Eriador and Rohan (which is where the orcs in that gif are), so in the course of their plundering, they could well have run across a bill of fare.

Or it could simply be yet another case of Peter Jackson taking unconscionable liberties with the source material.

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The only time anything is ordered in the movies is in the extended Fellowship when Gandalf points to the table next to him and says "I'll have some of that."
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