Timeline for Does the 'Doom/Gift of Man' apply to Hobbits?
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| Mar 2, 2015 at 4:26 | comment | added | Joel | @Joe L.: Since hobbits became such important characters in Tolkien, and that Tolkien's religious devotion wasn't always at the same level through his life becoming more as he grew old, I would say your last sentence is highly speculative... | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 17:32 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/569550238194794496 | ||
| Feb 22, 2015 at 15:53 | vote | accept | bmargulies | ||
| Feb 22, 2015 at 15:41 | comment | added | Joe L. | As far as I know it's not addressed in canon, so we can only speculate. I can see two possibilities here. Logically, empirically, Hobbits seem to be more like Men than any other being in ME, with the same lifestyle, tastes, language, etc. They seem in almost all ways like a sub-type of Men (Humans) so they should share the same afterlife. On the other hand, Tolkien was a devout Christian - Catholic to be precise - and probably preferred to have Men (Humans) set apart from all other beings. | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 15:41 | history | edited | Shevliaskovic | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 22, 2015 at 15:39 | answer | added | Shevliaskovic | timeline score: 27 | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 15:32 | history | asked | bmargulies | CC BY-SA 3.0 |