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Originally Posted by Lalwendë
That's quite a significant influence! I think for me LotR had a slightly opposite effect in the end. I would have identified myself as a definite Christian until I was about 15, but from reading LotR I was diverted onto reading more about the 'old' religions, and the more I read, the more I realised I was on the wrong path (not wrong per se, just wrong for me, you understand).
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That's quite the statement of Tolkien's influence,
Lal. I really ought to direct
Mr. Underhill's attention to it, for his interest in the thread
LOTR and your Weltanschauung , which has a slightly different take than
Fordim's question here.