Aha! Story time! I have an interesting story about this (actually, I have a story about most things, just, generally not interesting). But anyway, as you might have seen, I just created a topic in The Books about Maiar eating, and I linked one of my non-Tolkien friends to read it through (why? no idea). He was obviously astounded as to the depth and contemplation presented by those here. And we were discussing, and he actually came down and used the words "It's just a book". But really, it's not. Tolkien has influenced my life more than any book. While, not a religion per-se, it influences one just as a religion would. Do you call the Bible, just a book? Generally not, and it's the same case here. It's life-altering, life-touching, and life-guiding.
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