Wow, dude, your posts get shorter and shorter. There were four Archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael. The Bible isn't the only source of knowledge on the Hebrew or Christian religions. Much of what we know today comes from the Dead Sea Scrolls and other documents found around Qumran at various times.
Okay, back to the Tolkien question if that's alright... I think that one of the greatest things about Middle-Earth's system is that it could fit in with so many of our modern world's religions. While it does have one god above all, it's also got a pantheon like the Greeks and many other peoples had, even down to tiny little minor deities (Bombadil? Goldberry?) for specific areas. And there's even reincarnation - Durin, Glorfindel. There's also an age long past where the people of earth (okay, only the Elves) actually lived with the gods. Fantastic.
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But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.
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