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<blockquote data-quote="nikolai" data-source="post: 1713079" data-attributes="member: 10130">This is the first I've heard of it. But I have no knowledge of Mormonism, so I doubt I'm capable of making a informed judgement.There are various levels of this sort of thing. Narnia is Christian allegory. This is pretty easy to spot, as one thing in the story represents something else; Edmund=Judas. The reason Tolkien would reject this for Lord of the Rings is because there are none of these correspondences.The next level down is to use the metaphysics of a religion, and is subtler. The Lord of the Rings is Catholic, and Earthsea is Taoist. Though you'd miss a lot of this without careful reading and a pretty clear understanding of various theologies (and their nuances). Too be honest, I'm not sure that Dragonlance is deep enough for this. It's been a while since I read the books, but I don't think there's anything in there that is unique even to Christianity. I'm with Joshua that the ethics just seem very generic. It wouldn't surprise me if it was compatible; but I'm sure there's lots of stuff that would be compatible, without any intent on the part of the author to make it so.I have heard that Battlestar Galactica is based on Mormonism. True, False, Nonsense?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nikolai, post: 1713079, member: 10130"] This is the first I've heard of it. But I have no knowledge of Mormonism, so I doubt I'm capable of making a informed judgement. There are various levels of this sort of thing. [i]Narnia[/i] is Christian allegory. This is pretty easy to spot, as one thing in the story represents something else; Edmund=Judas. The reason Tolkien would reject this for [i]Lord of the Rings[/i] is because there are none of these correspondences. The next level down is to use the metaphysics of a religion, and is subtler. [i]The Lord of the Rings[/i] is Catholic, and [i]Earthsea[/i] is Taoist. Though you'd miss a lot of this without careful reading and a pretty clear understanding of various theologies (and their nuances). Too be honest, I'm not sure that [i]Dragonlance[/i] is deep enough for this. It's been a while since I read the books, but I don't think there's anything in there that is unique even to Christianity. I'm with Joshua that the ethics just seem very generic. It wouldn't surprise me if it was compatible; but I'm sure there's lots of stuff that would be compatible, without any intent on the part of the author to make it so. I have heard that [i]Battlestar Galactica[/i] is based on Mormonism. True, False, Nonsense? [/QUOTE]

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