What did Tolkien really mean ....

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Originally Posted by alatar

Scanning the 3 billion channel wasteland that is TV last night, I stumbled upon EWTN's "Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, A Catholic Worldview" hosted by Joseph Pierce.

Fun fact! The World Headquarters for EWTN is an approximately ten minute drive from my house.

Originally Posted by alatar

Anywho, the program made very 'airtight' arguments showing why Catholicism is stitched into every thread of LotR, such as the Ring being destroyed on March 25 (The historical day of the Feast of the Annunciation as well as the day Jesus dies on the Cross).

I'm not Catholic myself, but it seems to me that if Tolkien did intend the March 25th day to be significant, he surely took a lot of trouble to make everything line up so as to allow that to be the day for the Ring's destruction.
I heartily disagree with the overall premise, though, but such arguments for and against Catholic and Biblical parallels in the books are by now old hat here on the Downs.