[David Rodemaker?] #> I can't think of medium-to-large 'sized' concept from Christianity #> that I cannot find without difficulty in LOTR. [Baralier] #And I can find Judaic concepts in Christian Myths. I can find Druidic #concepts in Christian Myths. I can find Wiccan concepts in Christian #Myths. I can find Buddhist concepts in Christian Myths. # #This does not make Christianity Pagan or Buddhist any more than #finding Christian concepts in LotR makes it a "Christian" work. W.r.t. allegory, Tolkien said somewhere that there is a world of difference between what a reader reads into a work and what the writer wrote into it. -- Mark A. Mandel