Over at my Notion Club Papers blog; I discuss how Tolkien's great poem "Where now the horse and the rider" was explained by the author as being about the ultimate poignancy of the transience and oblivion of all that is Good in this mortal life; more than it is a lament for the wickedness of Men and the harshness of this world.
In my jargon; JRRT seems to agree that The Fundamental Problem which is solved, for those who choose it, by the salvation of Jesus Christ; is death, rather than evil.
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Important insight. I agree. Death is the fundamental problem. Fear exacerbates the problem.
@Frank - This is the major emphasis in the Fourth Gospel - but the historical subordination and misrepresentation of that Gospel renders this invisible.
It is via this blog that I was drawn to the centrality and power of the Fourth Gospel. I do read other parts of the Bible regularly, but over time I seem to be drawn ever more closely to "John".
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