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Originally Posted by Roa_Aoife
Certainly valid, Saucy, but hardly relevant to the question presented. I simple meant that in the context of the thread, it's meaningless. Such points are really just getting off topic. The question was "Is Eru God?" and the only person who would know for certain is Tolkien himself. Since he can't really answer that for us, we are left to discern what he thought on our own. Application of the text is a different subject altogether.
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The actual poll may say "Is Eru God?" but Fordim clarified as "Do
you personally think that Eru is God?" Given that, the relevence of reader response is that much more important even than Tolkien's opinion. After all, you aren't Tolkien, are you?