Is Eru God?

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man
why neither Eru nor the Christian God (in the broad sense) fit my conception of God (assuming that there is such a being).

Well, then, I feel the need to point out the original point of the thread:

Originally posted by Fordim Hedgethistle
Is Eru God? Please note that the question isn't, "Is Eru the god of Middle-Earth?" (he pretty clearly is) but, is Eru the Elvish name for God (Jehovah)?

There's a lot hanging on this question: if you believe that Eru is God, then you are saying that the moral "rules" of M-E are Christian. If you believe that Eru is not God, then those "rules" are something else.

The question was is “Eru equivalent to the Judea-Christian God?” not “Is Eru equivalent to your view of God?”

And, I said before, of course there is merit in discussing how this applies to your own spiritual growth. That’s just not what we’re supposed to be discussing here.