[Alkhin]

You missed MY point...Christ is the Perfect Story Teller. Any other attempt by anyone else is pathetic. I stand by what I said...allegory is a pathetic way of telling a story. Christ did not say what He did to tell a Story, but to make a point...not for the sake of story telling itself.

Tolkien's point was that if one were to tell a story, the finest stories are told through myth, in which there are underlying concepts. Christ's purpose was to enlighten. Tolkien's purpose was to underscore that enlightenment...not beat people over the head with it.

[Alkhin]

I qualify what I said in my first sentence4 of my last post : Christ was NOT a story teller. To say that about him woudl be to call the Bible a Story. It is not. It is the Word of God.

But allegory is a poor way of telling a story. And that is what many authors do when they write. Tell a story. You're getting Christ's Words confused with the purposes of mythology.

[sharktrager]

Allrgory, by definition, is presenting an abstract idea through the use of a story. Hence, by definition, the point of allegory is to "make a point".