At the beginning of Lord of the Rings is the creation story as it mirrors the Genesis account. Middle-earth represents our world a long time ago. Lord of the Rings focuses on middle-earth. Let us now take the journey into the heart of Lord of the Rings to unlock the Catholic imagery on full display.
Well, the whole point of Tolkien was to showcase the Catholic faith in a hidden and subtle way in which the reader would have to hunt for it. In one of his letters, Tolkien revealed that: “The Lord of the Rings is, of course, a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.” Now, if you’ve read the book or have seen the movies you might be thinking – what? Lord of the Rings hardly seems anything like the Biblical story. To give people the nutrition they need, Tolkien implants the Biblical message into another story that people in the pop culture will perceive as "cool." In Lord of the Rings, Tolkien smuggles the Biblical story to those who are typically uninterested in anything religious. The only way the baby can get the nutrition they need in them is the mom has to sneak it in by way of cover - like pretending the spoon is an airplane. In Lord of the Rings, Tolkien uses a tactic that moms often use when feeding spinach to a baby. Tolkien’s work in Lord of the Rings there is an alternative way to teach people the Catholic faith. The problem is most of them have been so compromised by the pop culture that they immediately hit the boring button when I explain the Biblical story. I teach the Catholic faith to adults and teens alike.
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