Thread: Is Eru God?
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Old 11-18-2005, 12:03 PM   #109
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Originally Posted by davem
I don't think he even 'considered' it - it was so obvious to him that they were the same that he would assume his readers would understand that.
So he only ever contemplated Christians reading his tales? Or did he expect non-Christian readers to accept his "version" of God and thus draw nothing from it relevant to their own beliefs? Is this the same man who readily accepted the applicability of his stories in ways that he did not necessarily anticipate or intend?

Somehow, I see him as being more progressive than that. But perhaps I am labouring under a misapprehension ...
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