The Lord of the Bible?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by TORE

... but one book is incapable of that many meanings.

Why so?

Originally Posted by TORE

... which I can't take from you ...

I am not asking you to.

Originally Posted by TORE

Imagination is a wonderful thing.

Indeed it is. So why not embrace it and allow yourself to find your own meaning within the book, rather than limiting yourself purely by reference to what the author intended?

Originally Posted by TORE

But that does not mean that Tolkien meant the same thing.

I am not saying that it does. I am saying that what Tolkien meant does not necessarily equate to the book's meaning.

Meaning, like truth, is subjective.