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Originally Posted by davem
The first quote was regarding Tolkien's original motivation pre- & during WW1, the second about his state of mind during the writing of LotR.
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Fair 'nuff.
Although, given the success of The Hobbit, he must have had some conception while writing LotR that it would attract a modest readership, at the very least, and that this would most probably include Atheists, Agnostics and Jews, if not those of other faiths.