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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil
I see a huge difference between borrowing character types and borrowing storylines. Having a Jesus character is not the same as having a Bible story.
Equally dangerous to free thinking is to say "Elrond is Elrond and should only be seen as Elrond. No outside connections, coincidental or not, should be considered, even if only for amusement."
The problem with that idea is saying that I should be concerned with logic when making associations. 
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I agree with the above statements. On many occasions there is no clear definitive answer, so ridiculing one notion is far worse as suggesting one.
If Tolkein never read the Bible, would you think The Lord of the Rings to be anything like as comparable to the Bible?