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Saraphim: I was thinking this morning about PJ and the 'Christian Themes' of LotR and why PJ didn't pick up on them. My conclusions were similar to yours:<P><UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Why should PJ want to promote themes based on a religion which he doesn't belong to, anyway?<BR><LI>In the US, there are probably enough Christians, nominal or otherwise, to support a movie with more blatantly Xian themes. Outside of the US, the case is quite different. So if you want to make a movie which is popular throughout the western world, you stick to humanism.<BR><LI>Even those who say "let's give everything a Christian gloss" would probably be uncomfortable/bored by an actual cinematic rendering of Tolkien's worldview as expressed in LotR.<BR><LI>And since it's all about audience appeal, it has to be all about humanism, wishy-washy niceness, and no real philosophy.<BR></UL><P>Anyvauge, personally, I see indo-european epic as much as Christianity in ME (much like the author of the 2nd link I posted) and would be quite happy for discussion to get beyond the vauge term 'Christian themes'. Despite my 4-point 'why are there no "Christian themes"?' list...