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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil
*Tries to organize thoughts coherently*
But... if Illuvatar's got a plan--
--and everything that anybody does is a variable--
--which means part of it--
--than your life is not your own, but is His.
If everything you do fits into Eru's game plan, than you've already been predicted by him. It's like a parents saying "You can have either carrots or peas with dinner." The kid has the "choice" to take whatever one, but it's still exactly what the parent wants.
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But isn't that what free will is? Choice! It is irrelevant that it plays into Eru's master plan if you have a choice to do good or evil then you have a choice.
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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