[Tyler]

This post isn’t meant to offend anyone and if it does im sorry but this is what I think. I am a Christen and I don’t really thing LoTR was an allegory to the Bible

I really don’t see a Jesus figure. It goes into great depth on his birth. It was a very big deal. If someone was to be a Jesus figure there is not mention of something like that. Aragorn was born as a Numenorean which was a big deal due too having some aspects on an elf but nothing compared to Jesus. In the Bible Jesus did so much. I really don’t see any character doing anywhere as much as he did. There were people who did a lot such as Frodo just dealing with the ring. You could say this is like Jesus saving everyone. It was going to cost him his life but he knew that it had to be done. Just like destroying the ring had to be done. Also Frodo doesn’t die which makes the reader happy to see the hero win and live happily ever after. This makes a better story.

Gandalf killing the Balrog which in a since is like David vs. Goliath but not really due to Gandalf being very powerful with wisdom and immorality while David had his faith in God.

I find the idea about the good vs. evil being a Christian only moral wrong. That has probably been in every culture since the dawn of time. It was used to teach morals. Not to mention is makes a good story.

Now the creation of middle earth could be taken two ways. Eru was God and the Valar were angels as in the Christan way or you could say Eru was like Zeus and the Valar where more like demi gods. You take your pick.

Next we can deal with the devil issue (Morgoth and Sauron). In my mind they are too physically active. The devil in the Bible was more mentally active. Putting temptation in front of you not coming up to you and cutting off you head. They just have too much of an active role in the downfall of the people of middle earth.

God didn’t make one person better than the other. He created all men equal. People from South America don’t get to live forever while people from Europe are short miners. Elves were the only ones who had the chance to go join Eru.

There are many more points that I didn’t put down but that is all im going to put down for now. Feel free to tell me your comments, feeling, or snack ideas.