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Iarwain · 03-14-2003, 02:17 PM

I disagree Bill:
Rather than being able to "hone" your natural abilities, I think that ME power is your born abilities, just as some people are born with a certain level of brain power that differs from others. A person who has an IQ of, say 46 is not likely to bring that number up to more than maybe 55, unless they get a Flowers for Algernon type brain surgery (the equivalent of a ring of power) that raises their IQ a drastic 50 points or more (depending on the person. In the Unfinished Tales, when the choosing of the Istari takes place, what does Gandalf say to Manwe and Varda? He says that he is weak, and I seriously doubt that it is due a lack of "honing" on his part. He is a lesser spirit, not a lazy maia. I use the term power merely because of the fact that their is a lack of words to fill the descriptive void in the English language.

Bravo, Mornie, I agree. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It is most definately not occultic power, it is a lesser version of Devine Omnipotence, created by Iluvatar.

Inkling, nice icon, again. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Good analogy. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

That's all for now,
Iarwian

03-14-2003, 02:17 PM	#27
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	I disagree Bill: Rather than being able to "hone" your natural abilities, I think that ME power is your born abilities, just as some people are born with a certain level of brain power that differs from others. A person who has an IQ of, say 46 is not likely to bring that number up to more than maybe 55, unless they get a Flowers for Algernon type brain surgery (the equivalent of a ring of power) that raises their IQ a drastic 50 points or more (depending on the person. In the Unfinished Tales, when the choosing of the Istari takes place, what does Gandalf say to Manwe and Varda? He says that he is weak, and I seriously doubt that it is due a lack of "honing" on his part. He is a lesser spirit, not a lazy maia. I use the term power merely because of the fact that their is a lack of words to fill the descriptive void in the English language. Bravo, Mornie, I agree. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It is most definately not occultic power, it is a lesser version of Devine Omnipotence, created by Iluvatar. Inkling, nice icon, again. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Good analogy. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] That's all for now, Iarwian __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"