Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-93.82.58.211-20170422153051/@comment-25101089-20170424173155

Eoros wrote: Just because there's a God in a book doesn't mean it's based off Christianity...

Just because sin has consequences in a book doesn't mean it's based of Christianity...

Also, Illuvatar is like a deist God: he doesn't do anything. This is nothing like what Christians believe their God to be. If Melkor is Satan, then Satan was defeated loooong ago and can do literally nothing, not even tempt people.

Starting to see problems? I must point out that Tolkien did intend Eru Iluvatar to be the Christian God in a mythological setting, not even just a deity similar to the Christian God, and that he considered Middle-earth to be the same world as our world. Look for information on Tolkien and 'sub-creation' if you want to read more about this.