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You know, we didn't have the commandments until centuries after God created the world, assuming that Genesis is true.
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Good point, Bekah. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] In the same way, I would speculate that Eru felt no need to issue any Commandments by way of guidance during the period of ME's history covered by JRRT's writings, while belief in Him and His values were still based on direct knowledge of His existence. Perhaps, as that belief gradually became a matter of faith rather than knowledge, and increasing numbers of the peoples of ME turned away from it, He would have felt it necessary to issue Commandments of the type given to Moses.
Edit: Thank you Bekah, and others who have posted on this thread, for making me think in serious terms about the analogies between the Bible and JRRT's writings, much against my natural inclination [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] . I am now beginning to appreciate events such as the Downfall of Numenor and the despatching of the Istari much more as strategies implemented by Eru, through the Valar as His representatives on ME, to address a waning belief in Him and the values for which He stands. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ April 27, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]