Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-93.82.58.211-20170422153051/@comment-28794147-20170425231149

LOTRMod wrote: 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. I know that he based his Arda world off of Earth's geography. I think most people know that.

Eru Illuvatar is nothing like the Christian God: he is distant, and doesn't do hardly anything. He doesn't even work in mysterious ways: he just randomly intervenes.

Christians believe Satan is active in the world, and still has definite power. Not just banished forever, "willing" things to happen. We don't believe he just has cronies doing random stuff in the world.

Lego, tell me where you found that Northmen worship gods, and I'll believe you. It is specifically said they know about Eru, but don't worship him. If you knew of the existence of a true god, why would you not worship him, but instead worship other gods?