Musket, repeatedly making comparisons with fantasy stories that are complete works of fiction detracts from your argument.

Lord of the Rings was written by an observant Christian who was an expert on iron-age (not bronze-age) writings that were a mixture of myth and sensationalised (and corrupted) accounts of history. He drew on that story telling tradition but the story is fiction so it is irrelevant here.

Sloppiness gives succor to your opponents in the debate.