>> Cause if tolkien could create LOTR > Tolkien was religious. More precisely, Tolkien was a devout Catholic (as was his less-subtle-about-it friend and fello

>> Cause if tolkien could create LOTR > Tolkien was religious. More precisely, Tolkien was a devout Catholic (as was his less-subtle-about-it friend and fellow world-builder CS Lewis), and his mythos reflects that: [x] The one true God who is good created all things including evil and gave humans the "gift of mortality." [x] The most powerful angel rebels against God, and this great enemy seeks to corrupt the world and its creatures. [x] A partially human hero is the first to return from beyond and by doing so overthrows the great enemy. I also find it interesting that while the Orcs in Tolkien's world are evil, he wouldn't go so far as calling them irredeemable.