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Yes Nogrod, that dialogue/situation between Sam and Ted is very universal and one that we all can recognise in various situations and contexts. It ain't easy coming with a new idea not established and accepted by the majority, whether this idea is revolutionary and grand dealing with the existence or non-existance of God, atoms or microscopic germs or mundane like how to grow tomatoes or eat a candybar.

Another thing that popped up in my head regarding Chapter Two is that famous verse about the One Ring "One ring to find them and in the darkness bind them..." etc.

Who wrote that verse? It must've been Sauron, no? Wasn't it said that Celebrimbor first perceived that he and the Elves had been betrayed when Sauron first took up the ring and uttered those words? Is this a often forgotten, more sensitive side to the Dark Lord? He isn't all about war, terror and mental domination, he's also a talented writer and poet, isn't he? One wonders if he spent many sleepless hours alone in the top-most turret of Barad Dur, anguishing over the wordings of his poem (One ring to govern them all and in the darkness coerce them! No, it's not good! *The Orcs quiver in fear as the earth trembles with rolling thunder*).

Edit: And yeah, I've also come across the mighty Spaghetti-monster. It's kinda funny ;-)