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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man
I don't see any grounds for concluding from these passages that Hobbits had any particular knowledge of Eru.
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Ok, so what do you think are the referrences to Eru/God in LotR which Tolkien mentioned in his interview? Tolkien was a religious person, he intended his work to reflect his principles and convictions - I don't see how he can achieve that by portraying an atheist world with atheist heroes. He did say that various interpretations that downplay the existence of God/religion in LotR "annoy" him and given who he was and what he believed in, I think it is understandable.
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Do we know how young Frodo was? I can't help but think that if Frodo was 1-3 years old there may not be much psychological impact compared to if he was 4 years on up with him not having any or very very few independant memories.
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He was born in 2968 and, IIRC, his mother died in 2980, which would make him 12 years old at that time.