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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 4, 2020 at 8:41 pm
(December 4, 2020 at 8:03 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (December 4, 2020 at 7:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 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."
Not sure how that applies, but OK.
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 5, 2020 at 12:25 am
Why just the Orcs? There doesn't appear to be any organized religion in Middle Earth by the beginning of the 4th Age.
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 5, 2020 at 5:13 am
(December 5, 2020 at 12:25 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: Why just the Orcs? There doesn't appear to be any organized religion in Middle Earth by the beginning of the 4th Age.
Lack of an organized religion doesn't automatically indicate atheism. But there are definite references to religious belief, particularly by the Rangers of Ithilien.
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 5, 2020 at 10:17 am
I'll never forgive PJ for not letting us see those chaps from Dol Amroth swanning about.
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RE: Are Orcs in Lord of the Rings Atheists?
December 21, 2020 at 2:53 pm
I honestly do not know what you are talking about.
