A Possible Interpretation of Mordor of the Lord of the Rings

Before I begin my rebuttal, I will point out that CON has quoted Tolkien without providing sources or links to his quotation, which is plagiarism. I strongly suggest that CON correct this method of argumentation in case his sources become less clear in the future.RebuttalR1) CON: "My first counter to this is that we can't take the geography of Mid-earth as a literal mirror of the real world."CON actually argues against his own counter:"While there is some pretty close similarities they aren't placed exactly in the right dimensions. This would explain why the land of Harawaith [sic] which is obviously a representation of India is located farthest south instead of to the far east. "I fully agree that Haradwaith is an obvious representation of India, even though the map isn't "placed exactly in the right dimensions." Similarly, Mordor would be an obvious representation of Israel for the same reasons.CON is attempting to reframe this debate as a "literal interpretation" of Mordor as Israel. I made no such claim in the resolution...there is no need to take my interpretation to be an exact, literal interpretation of the real world. Instead, I have framed it allegorically. This is fully within the bounds of the resolution.CON's point is therefore a strawman.R2) CON mistakenly claims that "Morgoth and Sauron represent figures such as Lucifer or Christ respectively". This is not my argument. I argued that Morgoth was the Old Testament God of Abraham, Sauron the Christ, and the Eye of Sauron the Holy Spirit.Such is this interpretation of Tolkien's anti-religiosity. Under this interpretation, Tolkien would have us abandon any and all religiosity and usher in a Fourth Age of Men, divorced from the affairs of the elves, and largely divorced from the affairs of the Ainur. Truly a godless society.(http://en.wikipedia.org...)R3) CON: "Mordor has mountain ranges along its western side, much like the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Well Mordor also has mountain ranges going along the north and southern borders."This is too literal an interpretation. Just like the Western Wall was built by Jews, "Mordor was a relic of the devastating works of Morgoth, apparently formed by massive volcanic eruptions."http://en.wikipedia.org...R4) CON: "He also makes a suggestion that the Haradrim represent how Islam is an Abrahamic Religion which is true however... in the real world Islam, Christianity and Judaism are pretty much arch enemies constantly trying to anhialte [sic] one another. "True as this is, I am framing Tolkien's advocacy as against all Abrahamic religiosity. Hitler's regime especially was very well-known for taking Nietzsche's "God is Dead" quotation far too literally. (http://www.humanevents.com...)Therefore, the comparison is apt. Under this interpretation, Sauron's servants (i.e. Jews and Christians) and the Haradrim (Muslims) united together to fight against the agnostic/atheistic West. Saruman (Hitler and the Germans), while contemptuous of Sauron and his minions, nevertheless forwarded Sauron's goal of sowing chaos and destruction across Middle-Earth (i.e. Europe).Indeed, Tolkien was clear that what followed the defeat of Sauron and the Fourth Age of Men was a mostly godless society, as principle characters that were relics of the mythic divinity of the Silmarillion sailed away to Tolkien's conception of heaven, never to intervene in the affairs of Man again.Gollum and the Jewish CaricatureI will return again to Gollum/"golem"...Gollum is in many ways the stereotypical Jewish caricature:"The Jewish diaspora...have been stereotyped for over 2,000 years as scapegoats for a multitude of societal problems...Jews are still stereotyped as greedy, nit-picky, stingy misers..."http://en.wikipedia.org...Gollum continually fondled the One Ring, made of gold, while it was in his possession. He was not at all inclined to share it, i.e. he was very, very greedy - indeed it was his greed for the Ring that killed him. He was ugly and deformed, as is the penchant for racist anti-Semitism concurrent with the age in which Tolkien was writing. He was treated poorly and despised universally, as were most Jews in Tolkien's time.ConclusionAs I researched this resolution, the more convinced I became that this interpretation of the LotR is far stronger than what may prima facie strike most readers as at the very least extremely unconventional, especially given Tolkien's stated Catholic faith. I will at this point warn readers against committing the intentional fallacy (http://www.britannica.com...), i.e. judging a work by the intent of its author. It is easily possible that Tolkien unintentionally injected several elements of severe anti-Semitism and atheism into his principle works.I await CON's rebuttal.