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Re: That quote ...
I always thought (and the letter you cited seems to agree) that the Music created the complete history of the world, but the Vision revealed only its beginning to the Ainur. Anyway, we're back to the same tricky conundrum. As you point out, Mithadan, Ilúvatar exists outside of Arda, and therefore outside of time. To say that he created Arda and then "let it run" without his interference has no meaning in this context.
But putting that sáma-bending problem aside, I'll point out another instance where Ilúvatar seems to have intervened: what about the little episode with Aulë and the Dwarves?
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