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Originally Posted by davem
A belief in 'Sacred' fire at the heart of the earth is hardly original to Christianity. The whole point, which I made earlier, is that once an element is successfully absorbed into a Secondary World it becomes part of that world. The things Tolkien 'absorbed' into M-e are Religious universals, rather than specifics.
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I suspect Tolkien would reverse your logic. The elements are universal because they point to the one true myth.
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If one didn't know he was Christian & had only the works I don't think - much as he might have hoped - anyone would be able to tell what religion, if any, he followed.
Hence, it is not a 'Christian' work.
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I disagree that the second sentence followed from the first.