Sauron Diminished?

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Originally Posted by Hot, crispy nice hobbit

His control over his evil elements was 'cut off' when he was shot off into space, but Morgoth himself is still out there, albeit unable to influence anything on Arda. If Sauron equals to Morgoth, then the only way you can destroy Morgoth is to destroy the entire Middle-Earth...

As far as I can tell, no one is disputing that Morgoth was NOT, indeed, destroyed utterly and completely as Sauron was. Rather, he was taken, and imprisoned. The Dagor Dagorath, although never really defined by Tolkien, was always a part of the canon, the belief that in the end, Morgoth would return and all the world would join the battle of good and evil. Personally, I think that we would find in those last years that Morgoth, reunited with his "ring", would use it to devastating effect, forcing the very earth to fight the forces of good, so that while he will ultimately be destroyed, and good triumph, Arda will effectively be ended, and Arda Remade will begin....