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[David Stockhoff]

I understood that to be James' point. Tolkien was a Christian writer.

On 12/16/2010 11:55 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:19 AM, James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> You know, just because someone has beliefs does not mean that the fictional
>> worlds they create need to be in line with those beliefs. Fundamentally, The
>> Book of the New Sun is fantasy literature. The setting and history
>> Silmarillion does not align with the Bible either. I'm sure there are plenty
>> of materialist atheists who write stories about elves and giants.
> Actually, Tolkien went out of his way to make the cosmology of the
> Silm. compatable (though only by some fast dancing) with Christianity.
> The "gods" are angels, etc.
>


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