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Originally Posted by hewhoarisesinmight
So, he still did it didn't he. As I said I wouldn't want to get the wrong side of him because obviously has no qualms about smiting.
(sigh) I probably shouldn't have mentioned him because conversations about Eru always get people worked up.
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I agree, ultimately, Eru must be the most scary character in the whole work! True, he's not a traditional 'horror' or 'monster', nor is he one of Melkor's spooky, twisted minions. He isn't some earthly horror nor is he a power hungry person. But he is in control, and he can and will smite you. The rules aren't set down for most people in Middle-earth and they must work out for themselves what is right and wrong. Put it this way, in the real world an ordinary man or woman might find it hard to believe the words of not another race, but a whole other species on what was right and wrong. Sure, some Men carried the words of Eru, but in a situation where the whole world is at war, trust is in short supply, so we cannot simply blame people for not believing in Eru.
I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him either. But who would be there to tell me otherwise? I think that's why you get so many complex figures and absolutely no 'perfect' people in Middle-earth; they're all trying to figure out what's right and wrong. If I was an ordinary Man trying to eke out a living why would I take everything that a Gondorian, descendant of the drowned Numenor, told me about Eru? Especially knowing the horrible tales that would've been passed down about the evil deeds of Numenoreans!
Eru is the Alan Sugar of Arda - he can say "You're fired!" at any point. And why? He's omnipotent.
Not everyone gets worked up about Eru.
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Originally Posted by The 1,000 Reader
Actually, your post sounded like you were saying he did that as an evil act. He's strong to have destroyed Numenor, but that wasn't an evil act.
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That's a moot point, not a given. I wouldn't word it as 'evil' myself, just as 'dodgy'.