I’ve been following this discussion with interest.
The role of Fate in Middle-earth ranged over similar territory a while back; you may find it interesting to peruse.
I’m not sure I follow your logic in the omnitemporal/omniprescient distinction, Rimb.
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...that deity is all events. The deity encompasses all. So, what a mortal may perceive as evil, does not even have its root within the deity but is an inherent part of the deity itself.
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Could you elaborate further here?
[ September 23, 2002: Message edited by: Mister Underhill ]