I understand that Tolkien was a devout Catholic. That's well documented enough and he hardly hid it. What I asked was for something that substantiated the claim that Tolkien specifically wrote the Lord of the Rings series as a Christian analogy.
Essentially, the only argument (not that I'm trying to start one
) I've really seen is that Tolkien was Christian, so therefore of course his books must be. I understand that an author's values are going to influence the things that they write. But I still haven't seen anything that convinces me that there is some deep Christian message in the Lord of the Rings - aside from some very broad principals that can ascribed to many value systems, some of them even better than Christian ones.
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Originally posted by wasions
It's not my intent to change your mind about Christianity in general (though God knows I would if I could), but only to show the connection of a great man to his faith.
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Good. Because you won't
I'm not trying to be argumentative and I'm not trying to provoke anybody. When I have an argument, I try very hard not to make it personal. It's just an exchange of information and viewpoints.