Is Eru God?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

We dodge suffering, as humans, and we hate it, but it creates something that rose petals and an easy life cannot.

But why should some have to suffer, or suffer more, than others? Because they are more in need of spiritual development? Why was Frodo chosen for the Quest and not Merry or Pippin, or Rosie Cotton? Why should children have to suffer before they have had a chance to grow physically and mentally, let alone spritually?

I don't buy it. And that's why Eru, for me, is not God.