Because they desired the Silmarils, the Doom would fall upon them. It's as simple as that. No matter what their intentions were, once someone desired the Silmarils, they were doomed.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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