Is Eru God?

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Ah, but dear Wormcan Man, he's merely arguing for the adherence to the topic at hand: what the reader's interpretation is, as opposed to the author's intention.

Ah, Wormcancloser of the Peredhy,
if the evidence is most weighty
such that author's intention
and reader interpretation
ought to be one thing,
then the reader may think
what s/he wishes all the day long
and still be wrong.

Originally Posted by davem

Tolkien grabbed hold of these & played them up in order to point up his Catholic credentials.

Could you produce the evidence that Tolkien felt the need?