Was an agnostic until the age of 49
				 
			
			
				
				
					
					
					
						
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									In my head.
								
							
		
			
	
		
			
			
				
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			Thinking.
		
	
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			Protestant Christian
		
	
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			Right Winger
		
	
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			Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, Whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
		
	
 
	
				
				 
			
			
				
			
			
				
					
					"Myths are not lies," Tolkien countered, among the swaying trees of Magdalen Grove. Materialistic progress leads only to the abyss, Tolkien said, but the myths we tell reflect a fragment of the true light. He argued the Christ story functions as a myth, just like the Scandinavian myths they had loved, with one difference: The Christian myth was true.