[The Saucepan Man]

Hmm, before anyone else stomps on Morsul's theory, let us consider the question that he has asked with more care.

It has been persuasively argued on this forum many times, based on Tolkien's own writings, that Eru could foresee all that would come to be.

It is also generally accepted that Hobbits have a particular resistance to corruption occasioned by a desire for power. And this is displayed in the singular resistance to the Ring exhibited by those Hobbits who came into contact with it (with the exception of Smeagol, who is an anomaly in this regard).

Moreover, Gandalf, an emissary of the Valar (and through their delegated powers of Eru) makes clear to us his view that Bilbo was meant to find the Ring, that it was meant to come into Frodo's possession and that Frodo had been appointed to the task of Ringbearer.

Putting these factors all together, is it not at least possible that Morsul is on to something here? I think that it is. It seems to me to be perfectly within the bounds of credibility that Eru specifically created a race with the particular qualities that Hobbits display because he foresaw that there would be a need for exceptional members of that race to bring those qualities to bear in order to bring about the destruction of the Ring and the downfall of Sauron.