caramba, saudades da pata....

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da wikipedia

Mormons do not believe that the transgression in Eden was of a sexual nature—nor could it have been, they hold, as God commanded Adam and Eve to multiply and replenish the Earth, implying that sexual relations between our progenitors were sanctioned, and that they were de facto married by God in Eden. Likewise, they do not blame Eve for being the first to partake of the fruit, but rather celebrate her wisdom in recognizing that her descendants would have to be born, live, and make righteous choices on Earth, learn to repent through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and pass through death, in order eventually to be fully redeemed and return to live with God again. The idea is that it is better to pass through the sorrow of this life, in order to know the Good from the Evil, rather than to exist in a perpetual state of innocence and stagnant ignorance. (2 Nephi 2:11)

Mormons do not believe in the concept of original sin as it is used in modern Christendom, but that everyone will be punished for their own individual sins and not for any transgression of Adam or Eve. Neither do Mormons believe that children are conceived in sin or come into the world with any kind of "impurity" whatsoever. Rather, Jesus Christ atoned for any "original guilt" and the sins of parents cannot be answered upon the heads of their children. Furthermore, Mormons hold that little children are incapable of even committing sin and as such have no need of baptism until age eight when they can fully discern right from wrong, and are thus capable of sin and can be held accountable. Little children who die before reaching the age of accountability (even though they are unbaptized) are automatic heirs of salvation and are saved in the Celestial Kingdom of God.

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do fansite do Phillip Pullman, autor do "His Dark Materials", uma trilogia fantastica q eu toh precisando reler...

-What does he think of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien?
About Lewis he says, "There's a distinction between the things Lewis says as a critic, which are very acute and full of sense and full of intelligent and sometimes subtle judgements - much of which I agree with - and the things he said when was possessed by the imp of telling a story, especially in his children's fiction." He thinks the Chronicles of Narnia are racist, sexist, and condemn everything about the physical world, and that the things they condemn are the very things he values. See the quotations page for more on his thoughts on Narnia and its author.

Pullman thinks that Tolkien's love for language and history got in the way of the story he was trying to tell, and as a result he found Lord of the Rings to be rather dull, and to not say much about humanity.