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>Plot centers entirely around fighting extreme government taxation and overreach >The Sheriff of Nottingham literally collects taxes from the church poor box >Friar Tuck gets so fed up with the state disrespecting the Church that he physically throws hands with the Sheriff >Casts the Crusades in a positive light >Male protagonist who risks his life for his people >Unapologetically traditional romance with Maid Marian without any modern subversion >Climax is literally a raid to break political prisoners out of a corrupt jail >Story resolves when the rightful, divinely-appointed monarch returns from the Holy Land to crush the corrupt politicians >Ends with a beautiful church wedding and a happily ever after We need to make Kid's stories based again

Tom Bombadil is the most mysterious character in The Lord of the Rings. He's the oldest being in Middle-earth and completely immune to the Ring's power — but why? Bombadil is the key to the underlying ethics of the entire story, and to resisting evil yourself... Tom Bombadil is an enigmatic, merry hermit of the countryside, known as "oldest and fatherless" by the Elves. He is truly ancient, and claims he was "here before the river and the trees." He's so confounding that Peter Jackson left him out of the films entirely. This is understandable, since he's unimportant to the development of the plot. Tolkien, however, saw fit to include him anyway, because Tom reveals a lot about the underlying ethics of Middle-earth, and how to shield yourself from evil. The hobbits meet Bombadil early on in their quest, before they reach Bree and the Prancing Pony Inn. He rescues Merry and Pippin from Old Man Willow, and invites the hobbits to stay at his house in the Old Forest. There, the hobbits realize something strange about him: the Ring has no power over Bombadil whatsoever. When he wears it, he remains visible. He treats it as a plaything, making it disappear with a magic trick. Indeed, at the Council of Elrond, Gandalf rejects the idea of giving the Ring to Tom, for he would likely misplace it or forget about it entirely. So just who is he, exactly? When Frodo asks this very question to Tom's wife Goldberry, she simply responds "He is." It's a cryptic answer that echoes God's famous answer to Moses in the Book of Exodus: "I am who I am." Thus, many theorize that Bombadil is God, some kind of angelic being, or even the spirit of the Music of the Ainur (due to the fact that he is constantly singing). But Tolkien's letters reveal something considerably more interesting… In April 1954, Tolkien wrote: "The story is cast in terms of a good side, and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kingship… but both sides in some degree, conservative or destructive, want a measure of control.But if you have, as it were, taken a 'vow of poverty', renounced control, and take your delight in things for themselves without reference to yourself… then the questions of the rights and wrongs of power and control might become utterly meaningless to you, and the means of power quite valueless…" So, Bombadil is a representation of what it means to take pure delight in the world around you — to experience people and things simply as they are, without any thought for what they could be or how you could use them. And this is why the Ring has no power over him. To Bombadil, the One Ring is simply a ring, and the possibilities of what can be achieved through its power are of no importance. He is able to resist its evil precisely because he is entirely content with the world around him. At the end of the story, having accomplished what he set out to do in Middle-earth, Gandalf pays Tom a visit before returning to the Undying Lands: "I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil: such a talk as I have not had in all my time." If Bombadil is the epitome of simply enjoying life and being, Gandalf is the epitome of doing. He guides the hobbits, fights the Balrog, and runs up and down Middle-earth to help destroy the One Ring. But now that he's finally liberated from doing, he immediately heads to Bombadil's. He does so with a sense of relief, as if he's at last able to access a purer and higher mode of being — a sort of innocence that cannot be fully experienced by those consumed by doing. Of course, by this Tolkien doesn't disparage the value of action. The entirety of LOTR displays the importance of rising up against evil, even in the face of all odds. But with the inclusion of Bombadil, he does remind readers that fighting isn't all there is. Bombadil reminds us that while it's important to strive and *do*, it is just as important to occasionally step back and *be*. Indeed, your ability to do so plays a crucial role in helping you resist the allure of evil… Read the full piece here: theculturist.io/welcome The unsung hero of The Lord of the Rings...

Deputado da família imperial brasileira é denunciado por divulgação de lei anti-sharia A PGR recebeu uma representação criminal contra o deputado federal Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança (PL-SP). Ele está sendo acusado de discriminação contra a comunidade islâmica por causa da divulgação de um projeto de lei Anti-Sharia. A proposta afirma buscar o impedimento da “imposição” da lei islâmica no Brasil e proteger a soberania nacional e os direitos fundamentais dos brasileiros. A representação afirmam que a comunicação utilizada para promover o projeto associa o Islã ao terrorismo internacional e retrata os muçulmanos como uma ameaça à sociedade. brasilparalelo.com.br/notici…

Os vagabundos que estão a favor do culto de 3ztupr0 aí

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Muito louco ver o militante da PUC que ficou putinho com os adolescentes que agrediram o cachorro Orelha saindo impunes, agora tá putinho porque a PEC que diminui a maioridade penal passou na CCJ

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Esse é um dos inúmeros sermões em que o Pastor Jack já abordou esse tema na Igreja Vintage. O abusador silencia para continuar escravizando a vítima. Foi assim ontem. Continua sendo assim hoje. Se tu sofre abuso, fala. Procura ajuda. Denuncia. A Igreja de Jesus não existe para proteger abusadores arrependidos por cinco minutos.

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Há 8 anos, o Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros dos Emirados Árabes Unidos alertou o Ocidente.

Doctors said his son was brain dead. His father refused to believe it. The hospital began removing life support and arranged organ donation. The father had no legal say in the decision, so he walked in with a gun, held off a SWAT team for hours, and locked himself in the room with his son. During the standoff, his "dead" son squeezed his hand again and again on command. He surrendered and spent nearly a year in jail. His son made a full recovery. Today the two run a business together. Source: Fox News

The entire Book of Revelation is a giant chiasm. 🤯 A chiasm is a literary device where ideas unfold in order (A B C) and then repeat in reverse (C B A), forming an X shaped symmetry that aids memory and draws attention to the central point (C). The Bible is amazing.

Ah então tá bão né

I didn’t realize how good my parents raised me until I got around other people

Psalm 119:37