Is Eru God?

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by davem

Frodo is destroyed because of Eru's choice - in other words, Frodo has to put right what Eru permitted.

And if Eru had not permitted it, none of the inhabitants of Arda would have been free agents. So we are left condemning Eru either for permitting free will, or allowing evil. We can't have it both ways. This has turned into a revisitation of another thread's discussion about a year or so ago. Remember it?