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that does not mean that neither his acts nor mine could be justified by blaming the Valar or Eru
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So very true. If you've ever read the book
A Wrinkle in Time then you will probably understand better what I'm about to say. If you haven't, bear with me while I try to explain it. In AWiT, Mrs. Whatsit (i beleive) tries to describe the human life using a sonnet.
To write a sonnet, you have to follow very strict rules, correct? And if you do not follow the rules, than the poetry becomes something other than a sonnet. However, the form of the sonnet can be filled any way you like. You get to choose what the sonnet is about.
According to Mrs. Whatsit (I think), the human life is like a sonnet. God/Eru/whatever else you happen to believe in, gives your life the form, and you choose how to fill it. So Eru would give the life and the form, but you get to choose what your life becomes. In two words: Free Will. You create your own life, you make your own choices, and even if your choices are affected by how you were raised, they still belong to you and nobody else can be blamed if you use your free will badly.
So Eru gave Feanor his form, and he gave him the capabilities to complete the 'sonnet', but it was Feanor himself, not Eru, who made the mistakes, created the masterpieces, and got really miffed at the bad guys. Eru may have 'made' him in the first place, but Feanor 'made' what he became. ie: Not Eru's doing.
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