Is Eru God?

[mark12_30]

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.

Once upon a time, "to be in want" meant the same thing as "to be in need", but now, no longer. As currently used, there is a very significant difference between "to want" and "to need". This difference, methinks, is key to understanding lmp's point.