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That's hardly an idea the Christians came up with.
Tolkien was a devout catholic and afaik his criticism was not "hey, there is christian beliefs in here", but rather "this is a fantasy world, why don't you come up with a founding myth instead of just throwing real world myths in there".
afterall tolkiens own creation myth is not that far from the christian myth, it just features more music ;)
And those christian myths were adapted from other mythologies is what I'm saying. They've all been copying each others' homework since before homework was even invented.
of course, but when a christian author writes self-sacrifice followed by resurrection, they are probably referencing buddy jesus especially in gandalfs case who comes back as a literal savior figure and not just as his old self.