Thread: Of Eru, Orcs and Evil
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Old 01-08-2003, 12:13 PM   #10
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This thread appears to be a repetition of a discussion on the origins of evil and free-will which can be read by clicking
Of Evil, Free will, and Fate. Kalessin and I go through a protracted discussion of our perceptions of how JRRT addressed (or didn't address) the issues of the origin of evil.

I rebel against the idea that evil has it's ultimate origins in the Creator, be it Ilúvatar or Jehovah. I go into more detail on the linked thread above, but once you create an independant being, and "turn it loose", the Creator is no longer responsible for the actions of that being -- that's the unimaginable nature of free will. Once "it" can make decisions based on its own inputs and information, it becomes a wholly separate "actor".

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