Davem,
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And, as I understand it, this is the Christian position, in that Christianity teaches that we cannot achieve salvation through our own acts.
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Whoops. I'll let my priest know on Sunday that I'm not bothering to go to Church as there's no point then!!!!
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Frodo's guilt is real, true guilt, because he did surrender to what he knew was Evil.
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Can someone point out to me the part of the book after the Ring is destroyed where we see Frodo feeling guilty...........
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but his his feelings of guilt would not be valid. They would be false, & so invalidate his need to go into exile.
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Go into exile? He was given 'the grace of the Valar' and he's going to the West / Undying Lands / Paradise / Nirvana / Valhalla / Heaven - whatever you want to call it. He is going to a BETTER PLACE. Yes, he's leaving behind the people he loves (but also following Bilbo, the person I believe he loves the most), but you say he's going to the West just because he feels guilty?
Methinks not.