The LOTR were deffinately not meant to be an allegory of the Bible. However, after starting to write the series, JRRT did go back and edit things so that they would have Godly worldview. He was a devout Roman Catholic but he hated allegories (much unlike his great friend, C.S. Lewis). A few months ago a book came out called "Seeing God in the Lord of the Rings." It explains how a Christian worldview runs through the books, but it clearly sets down that the books were not an allegory.
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". . . All we must decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
"I pass the test, I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel."
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