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Old 01-02-2009, 05:20 PM   #2
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While I agree with most of what you said, Lal, I take issue with this.

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Originally Posted by Lalwendė View Post
What I'm trying to say is that even Eru is not 'absolute Good', he is simply Eru and beyond all of that, beyond the ken of mere Men and Elves and even Valar.
From what I read of Eru (not from the Elves perspective), he was ME's God. Being God meant being "Goodness" itself, as a devout Catholic like Tolkien would hold.
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