Hobbits the chosen people

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Actually so too do the dwarves have a resistance to a desire for power. And they're little people too.

They were resistant to domination, but they had a weakness for gold and the like and were therefore potentially corruptible.

Originally Posted by Farael

Morsul did not say that Bilbo and Frodo were brought to life and found the ring thanks to Eru's will (which I would have agreed with) ...

Yet, without Hobbits, there would be no Bilbo or Frodo ...

"Chosen people" may be an inappropriate term, but I really don't think that Morsul's theory, or at least aspects of it, should simply be dismissed out of hand.