Does LotR have cross-cultural appeal?

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

1. Atheist
2. Agnostic/No strong religious belief
3. Buddhist/Shinto
4. Hindu/Jain
5. Christian - Catholic
6. Christian - Protestant/Other
7. Jew
8. Muslim
9. Sikh
10. Wiccan/Spiritualist/Other

You know I was looking at this and thinking that I'm glad you included Sikhs in their own catagory, for I don't see which other box they could pick, when I realized that the Other box is lumped in with either Wiccan/Spiritualist or Protestant, and that might cause a problem to some.

Perhaps a formal poll is not the thing to do since it is so limited, but I rather like the idea of a voluntary poll where the members could give as much pertinent information as they would like, such as:

Do you feel your view of the Lengendarium is impacted by religion. If yes, which religion and what is the strength of your adherence or non-adherence? (optional).

Do you find that the Legendarium and your faith conflict or supplement each other.

What is your native language?

What culture and nation have you been raised in?

Did you first read the books in English or in translation?

Approximate age when you first become interested in Middle-earth.

And so on.

Perhaps one individual could be PM’d the responses, and compile the results.