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Old 07-08-2013, 08:36 PM   #1
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None of this has any connection to the question of omnipotence raised by PaigeStormblood.
All right. That question was:

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Hey guys curious question regarding Eru. Since he is the creator of all there is and ever will be does he even have a limit to what he could potentially do if he willed it?
Here's what seems to me a succinct answer, from the Elves of Eressëa to the Númenóreans.

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'The Doom of the World,' they said, 'One alone can change who made it.'
The Silmarillion Akallabêth

I repeat my belief that the occasional bending of the Rules by the One is a reminder he is the only real "random" element in Arda.
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