To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Lord of the Rings

I'm from Latvia, I never really hid that so I have no problem typing it out here. I also am college-educated, I did my degree in England, so I sort-of understand the people you speak of. But at the same time I think it's a much bigger virtue to come to these conclusions regarding politics, philosophy, God and whatever else by yourself, independently, rather than just following whatever you were taught or raised as.

I believe our Archbishop was an atheist for some time in his life, and I really admire him turning around after he read catholic philosophy. It's hard to win, but it is even harder to lose with dignity and accept defeat by admitting you were wrong, which is probably a very dramaphobic statement. I don't think I've mastered that part yet.