For additional discussions on the theme of Christianity/religion in Tolkien's works, please check out these threads (among others): Trilogy and Bible?, Bible and Tolkien?, Tolkien and Christianity, and Tolkien, Lewis & Theology. Please note that those threads which have stayed open are the ones in which discussion is polite and non-aggressive.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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