Absolute Good in Lord of the Rings

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Eru is not the Christian God (however much the Professor may have tried to make him so) but a fictional character based on Tolkien's idea of the Christian God. Proof: Eru did several things which the Christian God (according to the Bible) didn't do: e.g. creating elves as well as men, drowning Numenor, sending Gandalf back after his death (supposing the Valar weren't responsible for that) etc.

Yahweh had the immortal Nephilim who bred with mortal stock (whence came such giants as Goliath), he flooded the world, and there was a notable ressurrection in the bible as well. The parallels are there.

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