R. R. Tolkien once described his epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings as "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work."
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He concludes that Christianity itself follows this pattern of inner consistency and external truth. His belief in the fundamental truths of Christianity leads commentators to find Christian themes in The Lord of the Rings. His love of myths and his devout faith came together in his assertion that he believed mythology to be the divine echo of "the Truth".
The great red dragon who is called Satan as found in Rev 12:3-9 ...Remember Bilbo was decideing to sign a contract with the dwarfs, he liked theidea of the goal then fainted from the fear of being incinerated by the dragon
An atheist said to me, the Biible is more horrible than the Lord of Rings stories. Can’t top the horrible fear of burning to death for eternity by a dragon or some others stories in the Bible
Lastist movie
Gandalf = God (he comes when needed like God does)
Bilbo = common folk
The One Ring = Temptation
Satan – Dragon – and money(gold) both root of all evil
Gollum, Orcas, Giants = Demons{sub human, ok to kill)
13 dwarf = 13 disciples if you consider Jesus as the 13th disciple and the dwarf prince like Jesus
Gandalf brings back the Prince back to life, = Resurrection
Last supper = last real supper at the hobbit home
Reportedly, Tolkien converted CS Lewis to Christianity, and the two authors influenced each other in different ways. Tolkien saw the Bible as a true account in myth form and encouraged Lewis to see it that way, too. T helped Lewis integrate imagination with reason. Lewis, on the other hand, probably gave Tolkien the idea for the Ents, as Lewis believed in Hnau, which is similar to Celtic animism.
Yes , Jewis went extreme, from atheist to Christianity. Many do not understand where and what source of information they are receiving from in books and movies.
by Olaf_Bloodaxe 13 years ago
Has anyone read the Lord of the rings series? it is a beautiful series written by J.R.R Tolkien and is my favorite trilogy. after reading the series and watching the films i must say, Peter Jackson left a lot of stuff out!
by Elena 13 years ago
What book did you enjoy so much that you read it twice?What’s the Title and if possible – name of Author? Thanks
by Rabgix 7 years ago
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by sriramapriya 10 years ago
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by Lissa Joy 12 years ago
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