Tolkien and Christianity

[Aosama, the Wandering Star]

hate to be picky, Wormtongue dear, but "secular religion" is an oxymoron. In everyday language, 'secular' means non-religions, but glancing at the dicitonary now, one defintion goes something like this:
"...pertaining to the world or to things not spiritual or sacred; relating to or connected with worldy things; disassociated from religious teaching or principles..."
sorry, i'm a very detail oriented person. I agree with you though: just like homosexuality, I didn't see any until people told me it was there. I guess its like Lothlorien: "It strikes me that folk takes their peril with them into Lorien, and finds it there because they've brought it." It's the same thing with books: look for good in LOTR, you'll find it; look for evil, you'll find it; and if you happen to search for anything else, guess what?...