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Re:New Tolkien book, The Fall of Númenor, to be published by dwighttk on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:18AM (#31847501)
>The idea that the world becomes lesser over time used to be a core part of Christian worldview.

I would have a very hard time reading Genesis and then claiming that.

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Re:New Tolkien book, The Fall of Númenor, to be published by CoastalCoder on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:55AM (#31847784)
The pre/post eviction from Eden, and the gradual shortening of lifespans, seems to fit the pattern of decline.

Is your point that, taken as a whole, the overall trend isn't so negative?

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Re:New Tolkien book, The Fall of Númenor, to be published by dwighttk on Thursday June 23, 2022 @03:36PM (#31854175)
After the fall there’s not much of a trend. Sometimes things seem better sometimes worse, but generally people are looking forward to rest, not backward to halcyon days.
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