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- Eru-Iluvatar: He is considered entirely good, yet he permits evil (?). Could he perhaps have a margin of error, or probably a need for evil to make himself appear good against?
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Eru is above good and Evil, he is the thing on which good and evil are measured, and because he created middle-Earth, the people of ME think he's Good.
the reason why he permits evil is because the evil is on ME. Eru wouldn't normally involve himself in the things of ME, he has sent some of the Ainur to do that for him, (he has only once interfered with ME on the explicit request of the Valar) as did the Valar later when they sent maiar to middle-earth instead of interfering themselves.
[ August 29, 2003: Message edited by: Firnantoonion ]