And Eru Smiled - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 07-13-2005, 03:42 AM

Thank you very much, Heren Istarion. Well thought out. I appreciate the two senses of "pure evil". That was one of the more difficult shoals I had been concerned about. Sense Two is dualism, and has no place in Tolkien's Legendarium. I'm glad that's cleared up. So Sense One is Pure Evil within the context of the Legendarium. But you didn't really distinguish between Evil and Pure Evil-sense one. That's another shoal.

As for Eru, I think you've set an excellent basis on which to consider Iarwain's question. Will give more thought to this.

07-13-2005, 03:42 AM	#32
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Thank you very much, Heren Istarion. Well thought out. I appreciate the two senses of "pure evil". That was one of the more difficult shoals I had been concerned about. Sense Two is dualism, and has no place in Tolkien's Legendarium. I'm glad that's cleared up. So Sense One is Pure Evil within the context of the Legendarium. But you didn't really distinguish between Evil and Pure Evil-sense one. That's another shoal. As for Eru, I think you've set an excellent basis on which to consider Iarwain's question. Will give more thought to this.