Did Christianity just copy Lord of the Rings?

Question

In the lord of the rings universe Eru (God) created the Ainur (Angels) who created the Universe and the most powerful Ainur/Angel Melkor (Lucifer) rebelled against God and became Morgoth (Satan) and the the Ainur who followed him became Balrogs (Demons)

Answer 1

The way things work is that the book that came first is called the original, and the book that came after is called the copy.



It's not possible for the later book to be the original and the earlier book to be the copy of that later book. Unless you happen to have a time-machine.

Answer 2

As I'm sure you know, Tolkien's Middle Earth mythology borrowed (in part) from Christianity. What you may not realize is that it also borrowed heavily from Greco-Roman mythology. Plus - of course - he added considerable original material.

Answer 3

The Bible came way before Lord of the Rings, so that's not possible.

Answer 4

Great, you realized that Lord of the Rings was inspired by Christian mythology and decided to make a crappy joke.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjZdFg3F05E

Answer 5

Uh, no. Tolkien was as Christian as was CS Lewis. His fantasy is not Christian lore, but it draws heavily on Christian concepts. They were friends that had a falling out regarding "borrowed" material. They reconciled before their deaths.

Answer 6

That's the Silmarillion. I think you don't love Tolkien with all your heart, like we faithful and righteous do.

Answer 7

Good point. But as any student of literature will tell you, Tolkien actually stole most of his ideas from Harry Potter.

Answer 8

No, but your theory is more convincing than the notion that Jesus of Nazareth was an amalgam of pagan deities.

Answer 9

Other way around, bud. Tolkien was influenced by his Christian faith, among a lot of other things.

Answer 10

J. R. R. Tolkien was a Christian.



His desire was to write literature that reflected Christian concepts and values.

Answer 11

How can it copy LOTR when its much much older than LOTR? More like LOTR took inspiration from Bible

Answer 12

No, I don't see any similarities.

Answer 13

No

Answer 14

no