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but i wonder, if Iluvatar knew all that has happened and will happened, why didn't he stop Morgoth? or is it some greater design he has in store?
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There are multiple threads about this. I've provided many quotes from Tolkien that explain your questions in the first post
in this thread. It's entirely different matter which is off-topic in this thread, so to be succinct, Eru says this:
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And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument, in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.
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Thus, whether acting in accordance with Eru's will or trying to go against it, Morgoth will only prove Eru's design to be perfect as Eru's will be carried out regardless - there's nothing Morgoth can do about it. If you have other questions, read an interesting essay by Tolkien called
Osanwe-kenta ('Enquiry into the Communication of Thought') and search the forum for such topics - I know a couple have taken place just recently on the topic. Post thoughts or questions on those, or if you have questions unique from those others, start your own thread.
Now back to your regularly scheduled topic.