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Titolo: Che si fumano negli States?

Copio-incollo questa follia (postata a sua volta da Soronel nel NG
it.fan.scrittori.tolkien)...
Buona lettura.
:-)
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Subject: Jesus Christ, Star Wars, and J.R.R Tolkien.
From: 
byron...@yahoo.com
 (DanGunn)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.christianity,alt.fan.starwars,alt.fan.tolkien
My pastor suggested I get things off my chest regarding some of the
problems in my life, so I wrote this article appeared for The Tacoma
Presbyterian Flyer. A fellow church member suggested I post it on the
Internet, I hope people on the Internet get as much out of it as the
people from my church did:
We live in heretical times.  Gone are the peaceful biblical days when
you could trust your neighbors and closest friends not to betray you.
Today, in our time, a father is not even allowed to physically punish
his daughter for sleeping with another man out of wedlock. Sin is
allowed to go unpunished. These same daughters, allowed to run free
without fear of their fathers clenched fist, move quickly into darker
pursuits.  To Hollywood, where they pose for revolting magazines that
depict their most private parts for any pervert across America with
$7.99 to spare, and ten minutes to sin.  I think that America has lost
its way. The youth of today have forgotten to look to the Good Book for
answers, and refuse to embrace traditional family values of patriarchy.
However, all of these personal problems aside, I am optimistic about the
future of America's Christian spirituality. Both, Star Wars and The Lord
of the Rings have given me hope for the future re-embracement of
Christianity in America.
Star Wars, premiered in 1979, with sequels and prequels to follow, and
is surely the basis for the recent movie and book, The Lord of the Rings
by JRR Tolkien.  Both stories star Christ-like figures in Luke Skywalker
and Frodo Baggins.  Both are people who appear normal, who we soon
discover are special, designed by a higher power to lead us along the
right path. In LOTR there is a ring of immense and dangerous power. This
ring derives its power from the evil of mankind, and needs a great
person to destroy it.  Frodo Baggins is "the chosen one", forced to cast
the ring into Mount Doom and save humanity. After being betrayed by all
his friends, Frodo must carry the burden himself, and in the end against
all odds, succeeds in his quest.  However, his sacrifice eventually
destroys him, and he dies for the ring's destruction. The Christian
beliefs inherent in the story are obvious.  Jesus was betrayed by his
disciples, just as Frodo is.  In a parallel with the burden of his ring,
Jesus must carry his own cross for his crucifixion, with the "burden of
mankind" upon his back.  Once he has carried the cross long enough,
Jesus is crucified upon it; like the journey to dispose of the ring,
Frodo and Jesus both die for the "sins of man".
In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker must fight the temptations from the "dark
side" in order to save humanity from the clutches of the Emperor, Dark
Vader, and evil monsters like Java the Hutt.  Vader wants to turn Luke's
power to the dark side, by tempting him to unleash his anger and hate.
Luke almost fails, marked by his robotic hand that mirrors Dark Vader's
own machine like, unnatural, and therefore un-Godly body.
 In the final showdown against evil, Luke rejects the dark side,
prompting even the coldest of hearts in Vader to warm to the virtues of
good and purity.    Again, the parallels with Christian teaching are
apparent.  Jesus too was tempted by evil, but rejected it, choosing the
right path, even though it meant for a difficult conclusion.  The
Christian belief that salvation is always possible is evident in the
spiritual saving of Vader; a Hilterian character. Jesus, forgave the
criminals being crucified beside him on the cross.
They like Vader, were assured to be going to heaven, even though their
lives had been spotted by evil ways. As long as you repent, you are
saved, truths that the Bible and Star Wars both convey.  Once Luke has
become a Jedi, and is one with the "Force", or Christianity, his love
for Leia, which is initially sexual, abates into a true brotherly love.
If young people of today embraced the true path with Christian teaching,
their sexual behavior would be correctly modified as Luke's was, and
become pure in nature.  They would surely listen to their father's
orders to never have premarital sex or orgies.  In the Phantom Menace
surely the best Star Wars movie of them all, a lesson in traditional
family values is presented  A young Dark Vader:Anikan Skywalker, is
brought up by a single mother.  This innocent child, unable to develop
adequate family values without a father, turns to the "dark side" to
solve his problems.  This rise and fall of Anikan mirrors the Biblical
recording of Lucifer and his long fall from Grace to Hell. In today's
world, children of single mothers, "fall from Grace", and move to the
"dark side" by using drugs, cursing, making pornography in the garage,
and engaging in interracial dating and sex.
But wait you say, didn't I say I was an optimist?  Yes I am, because
these values have survived to today, and are currently laying dormant in
stories such as LOTR and Star Wars. Obviously these works of art have
borrowed from Christian truths which Lucas has deftly rewritten into
something the heritical mainstream can embrace without acknowledging
them as religious in nature. The main demographic that enjoys these
movies are often described as being "nerds", or "dorks" who run websites
like Slashdot.  These "nerds" are highly educated people, who have been
brainwashed by a liberal arts education into thinking that Christianity
is a farce. However, the fact that these people enjoy movies and books
that obviously reinforce and uphold Christian values, means that their
need for religious values still exist.  They have been taught that
religion is fake, but deep down they need to believe in something, and
latch onto these works to placate the void in their hearts that a
liberal arts education has created. I am convinced that if these values
can still exist, Christianity will make a glorious comeback. As the
current values of sexual freedom and female power turn back on their
creators, as we have seen with AIDS and feminism, Christianity will be
there for people to re-embrace.  Since the values of Christianity have
been preserved in popular culture, the transition will be smooth and
peaceful.  Any dissenters could be easily suppressed by new
pro-Christian laws that a Republican controlled Congress could easily
enact.  Christian's must remember this come election time; we must vote
for the future of America and the morally corrupt sons and daughters
everywhere, especially for those somewhere in Hollywood. The fact that
in LOTR, Star Wars, and the Bible good pervades over evil, lifts my
heart in these personally dark times, and gives me a renewed hope for
the future of Christianity of America.  The current fever over Attack of
the Clones proves my point; people are desperate for a morality lecture,
eventually Christianity will be reinstated as the teacher, and no doubt
help make the world a better place.
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[MEGASNIP VIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!]
Allora, premettendo che non ho letto tutto il messaggio ('a voja, sto a
lavora', ma anche fossi a casa avrei smesso prima della fine...), devi
sapere che in America non sono molto tarati per quanto riguarda la
religiosità... molte notizie riguardano suicidi di massa a sfondo religioso,
sette di qui, otto di la' (ok, battutaccia)...
Io dico: vuoi essere di qualche religione, fallo. Non vuoi? liberissimo.
Vuoi fare l'amore con la tua ragazza, il tuo ragazzo, tua moglie, tuo
marito, qualunque altra persona (maggiorenne e consenziente, obviously!)...
Va' e che Dio ti benedica! (ovvio che poi le conseguenze sono ca$$i tuoi
;))...
Mah... penso che agli americani farebbe bene assimilare il concetto di
"sfumatura"...
Claudio
PS: Per il discorso di Star Wars: ok, l'analogia ci puo' anche stare, ma un
po' meno canne, la mattina presto, genteeeeeeeeeeeeee ^__*

 Buona lettura.
-MEGACUTTONE-
Probabilmente anche negli USA qualcuno ha deciso di emulare il buon Kuros e
l'associazione Borromeo...
E' una trollata.
            NyRotfl

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Se la faccio leggere al mio prete si mette a ridere... O a piangere?
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and Frodo Baggins
Santa pace, un autentico integralista, con l'aggravante degli appigli
fantasiosi.
Circola gente pericolosa al mondo.
Ed è un esempio di più del fatto che le grandi saghe si prestano a
qualunque interpretazione, ragion per cui... è meglio non
interpretarle se non per sé stesse.
Ciao
Alk, U.Ma.
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e pietosi, capelli dalle ciocche ruvide 
e corte, e regole monastiche severe.
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