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Originally Posted by Rhod the Red
It's disingenuous to conflate allegory with application.
A distinction he and I understand, but you apparently don't.
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I refer you to my earlier post where I clearly set out the distinction to begin with.
Further I suggest you refer to the man himself who is quite clear that the Lord of the Rings is a 'fundamentally religious and Catholic work.'
It is true Tolkien did not set out to write a 'Religious text,' however interpreting the Lord of the Rings without invoking Christian/Catholic ideals and mythos will never achieve an accurate result.