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Originally Posted by Evisse
And is Estel ever proven wrong?
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I don't think it can be, as it's not based on evidence - that would be amdir. Estel, as I understand it, is something like religious faith - Tolkien translates it as 'trust'. I'd think estel could only be proved wrong if the victory of evil was to be complete in the end - which it couldn't really be, as evil is not (imo) an equal & opposite force in Middle Earth, but a perversion/corruption of good. Eru remains dominant & in theory
must win out in the end.
Could Eru be corrupted? If so, then estel would prove false. But what would corrupt Eru into betraying His own nature? I think estel, based as it is ultimately on faith & trust in Eru
cannot be proven wrong as long as Eru remains Eru - & He has no real reason not to!