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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jaldaen" data-source="post: 1284884" data-attributes="member: 214">Actually from a Catholic point of view (which I consider a purely Christian ;-)... Legitamate Defense is discussed in under Part III: Life in Christ, Section 2: The Ten Commandments, Article 5: The Fifth Commandent (found here: <a href="http://www.catholic.org/clife/catechism/" target="_blank">http://www.catholic.org/clife/catechism/</a>) and describes what one (and the state) can do legitamately in defense of the common good and life according to the Church.Of course what would be more interesting to find out is whether or not such concerns were considered by Tolkien when he wrote the LotRs Trilogy... I'm no Tolkien scholar, but I do know he was Catholic and it would be interesting to know what, if any, Catholic teachings might have been used by him in his portrayal of Middle Earth. I think the idea of just war is certainly there, which involves killing (or preferably incapacitating) others to defend the common good... Anyone have a good Tolkien resource that might have this information as I'm sure it would enlighten us all on the themes within the LotRs.Happy Holidays!Joseph MillerPS: If the moderators decide this is too religious then please delete this post as it is meant only to provide further illumination of this particular issue and nothing else. Thanks ;-)PPS: I also think Stormraven is right when he essentially says anyone who tries to take the ring by force would never let it go and even those who recieve it as a gift are in a near equal fix as their good intentions would be used to corrupt them.</blockquote>

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