Thread: Is Eru God?
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Old 12-21-2005, 10:55 PM   #250
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Originally Posted by alatar
Not sure if this places me in the skeptic, cynic or 'just to be a pest' group, but why does an omniscient being have need or a want of anything? It's like God is 100% and yet isn't complete or needs something else.
Who knows, but the question is equally valid for the Catholic God as it is for Eru, and is so is a factor proving the sameness of the two.

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Maybe someone can help me out here with some back up text, but I thought that Manwë was Eru's CEO.
Tolkien definitely states that Manwe was Eru's Vicegerent. I don't think the term CEO is ever used.
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