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Lindolirian · 01-23-2002, 07:45 PM

Well JRRT was a Catholic but i dunno if he meant to make his works on ME parralel the Bible. His faith did have an impact on the way the story went, whether he meant it or not. For example, Eru (representing God) created the Ainur ( the angels) and created the world with voice. In the Bible God said "let there be light." and Let there be earth and sky and so on. Iluvatar sang the Great music and Ea or the world came to be. Melor can also represent the fall of Lucifer who then became Satan (Melkor=Lucifer, Morgoth=Satan) From there the stoy seemed to spilt off from the biblical story line but Tolkien kept his Christian viewpoint of the whole thing.

01-23-2002, 07:45 PM	#30
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Well JRRT was a Catholic but i dunno if he meant to make his works on ME parralel the Bible. His faith did have an impact on the way the story went, whether he meant it or not. For example, Eru (representing God) created the Ainur ( the angels) and created the world with voice. In the Bible God said "let there be light." and Let there be earth and sky and so on. Iluvatar sang the Great music and Ea or the world came to be. Melor can also represent the fall of Lucifer who then became Satan (Melkor=Lucifer, Morgoth=Satan) From there the stoy seemed to spilt off from the biblical story line but Tolkien kept his Christian viewpoint of the whole thing. __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."