[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by the phantom

When I said it was a sexy number, I meant it. "Seven" even starts the same as "sexy".

I always found "6" to be rather sexier. Doesn't it look explosive? Like a little round bomb with a fuse coming off the top?

There are many gambling games that involve rolling the number seven with dice. There are also games that use seven as a wild card. If you pull the lever on a slot machine and get sevens across it is a very good thing. I know a lot of people who consider seven their lucky number.

But none of these have to do with the religious connotations, phantom ol' buddy. And if they do, then they might just share a common bond with Tolkien's work. Just think... Bilbo with Craps. Doesn't that just sound interesting?

Originally Posted by davem the birthday-boy

There are some things in LotR which have a specifically Christian reference - but they tend to be 'hidden'.

Ooh, I've just turned into a Werewolf player again. Think sneakily. Did Tolkien tend more often to hide his references? He's very accomplished with his subtlety. Would most people notice most of his sneaking?

But perhaps he's being obvious about it on purpose to make us second guess it.

Or maybe, like the phantom says, there's nothing to it and we're over thinking it all.

Choices A, B, or C. To be honest, I think he used the "religious" numbers intentionally and obviously. No big deal. After all, he also used "angels", "God", the fallen "angel" as the ultimate bad guy...