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I would say that it could be that the absence of any strict religion in LOTR is one of the reasons it has attained such widespread popularity.
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*sigh* For the same reason, this discussion forum survives - because it sticks as closely as possible to Tolkien and stays away from religion, politics and sexual themes unless they're on-topic.
Recent posts on this thread have really gone as far off-topic as I'm going to let it get. This is the last one I'm allowing; I expect all future posts to explore other topics only as related to the theme of this thread.
A reminder to all - the Barrow-Downs was created by the Barrow-Wight as a forum for Tolkien discussions and it is his expressed intention to keep it that way. All other topics must be related to that major theme in order to be discussed here. The Saucepan Man has repeatedly attempted to get the discussion on this thread back to his initial topic; please honour his valiant attempt! Thanks!
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