Melkor; Evil by Will or Evil by Nature? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ancalagon'sFire · 05-09-2002, 03:12 PM

How then is it possible to differentiate between 'fate' and 'free-will', when one considers that Eru has a plan? Does Eru have a plan? Does he know in advance who will falter and who will succeed? Does devine intervention on the part of Eru render 'free-will' no more than lip service?
Should we even be looking at this through 'omnipotent god goggles' in the Christian sense, or more open minded considering Eru to be fallible and impotent, generous loving and vindictive in equal measures.

Was Melkor Evil by Will or Evil by Nature? Was Melkor simply one of Eru's more dominant personalities in a fractured, schizophrenic mind?
Eru = Good Cop, Melkor = Bad Cop!

05-09-2002, 03:12 PM	#11
Ancalagon'sFire Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 41	How then is it possible to differentiate between 'fate' and 'free-will', when one considers that Eru has a plan? Does Eru have a plan? Does he know in advance who will falter and who will succeed? Does devine intervention on the part of Eru render 'free-will' no more than lip service? Should we even be looking at this through 'omnipotent god goggles' in the Christian sense, or more open minded considering Eru to be fallible and impotent, generous loving and vindictive in equal measures. Was Melkor Evil by Will or Evil by Nature? Was Melkor simply one of Eru's more dominant personalities in a fractured, schizophrenic mind? Eru = Good Cop, Melkor = Bad Cop! __________________ Threads you should make a point of reading!