Originally posted here by Alcatraz

It's not a fault. Humans need purpose. Everything we do is done for a purpose. Sex and eating are for a purpose. And we have meanings for those. To reproduce and avoid starvation, in this case. And searching for a meaning in God is natural because we don't really have a meaning for him...
I didn't make myself clear...I was more focusing on the apparent need to look 'beyond', when many of the reasons and meanings and insights on life exist all around us, regardless of beliefs...

Ouroboros

And yes, Tolkien was a devout Christian...just had a good objective viewpoint about the fundamentals of religion itself...

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