Is anybody of the Lord of the Rings cast a Christian?

Answer 1

No one knows the actors'/actresses' true beliefs but themselves. However through online research, etc, it would seem that Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins) is either a Christian or a Catholic, and that Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee) is a Christian. I have not yet found out about any others. Sam, and then Frodo closely following, ARE my favorite characters and I am overjoyed that they are seemingly saved, but I am praying for ALL the actors, actresses, and crew. I dearly wish hope and all the others have or will accept the Lord, and that they accept Tolkien's clear spiritual ideas he expresses in LOTR.

This is a quote from Elijah Wood:

"[I am] probably more spiritual than reilgious, I'm not a huge believer in or supporter of organised religion. It's run by people, and people tend to tarnish the purity of what religion is about. I was raised a Christian, I believe in The Bible and that's a good thing - I believe more in a personal relationship with God than having to go through priests. I believe in prayer, yes, and that it is listened to. I do believe my life has been blessed so much during my 20 years, i can't believe that there's not someone looking out for me."

Here is a quote (from an interview) by Sean Astin:

"What is your favorite prayer?"

"There's a guy named Rob Dugger who was a very senior member of the Democratic National Committee. [A]fter I'd met with John Kerry, [Rob had] arranged a meeting and this [was] at the height of my trying to grapple with what I was able to accomplish--and not--on a political level.

We just had this conversation, and I asked him that question. [H]e said every morning he wakes up and he says a prayer, "Allow me to be an instrument of Your will." I thought that was excellent, and a few thousand times in my life since then, I've invoked the same request."

"In the movie (The Final Season), there's a scene where you're first driving to Norway, and you pass a sign that says, "On the eighth day, God created baseball." Why do you think baseball is such a sacred and quintessential American sport? Do you think there is a tie between faith and baseball itself?"

"Faith is Baseball. Baseball is faith. Norway's baseball, baseball's Norway. Norway's faith, faith is Norway. It's an American temple, and I suppose it's secular to the extent that there isn't a crucifix or some other kind of formal holy ritual associated with it.

[T]here's something about being on grass and playing a game together that just connects you to the land. And if you're connected to the land, you can't help but be connected to the universe. [A]nybody who's ever played baseball or stepped onto a field for spring training or gone to a professional baseball game and seen the guys run out on the field, there's a kind of poetry of human motion. And there's something divine about it. There's no other word for it."

Here is a link that you may be interested in. It is a really great cause I think.

http://www.ourchurch.com/view/?pageID=145195

And, on a sadder note, here is a link to a page where Peter Jackson and his crew seem to defy that LOTR has any Christian symbolism at all.

http://www.boundless.org/features/a0000860.HTML

To conclude, I believe we should constantly be praying for these wonderful actors/actresses who have blessed our life so much by portraying beloved LOTR characters so amazingly well. And not just the actors -- ALL the people who worked on this movie. Wouldn't Tolkien be touched if all of them were saved and met him in Heaven?

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