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					Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil
					
				 Ah, but dear Wormcan Man , he's merely arguing for the adherence to the topic at hand:  what the reader's interpretation is, as opposed to the author's intention.    | 
	
 Ah, 
Wormcancloser of the Peredhy,
if the evidence is most weighty 
 such that author's intention 
and reader interpretation
ought to be one thing, 
then the reader may think 
what s/he wishes all the day long 
and still be wrong.
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					Originally Posted by davem
					
				 Tolkien grabbed hold of these & played them up in order to point up his Catholic credentials. | 
	
 Could you produce the evidence that Tolkien felt the need?