I agree, and to answer your question, I believe we are "destined to choose". Oxymoronic, I know, but allow me to explain. I believe that an Eru placed (more or less) rational beings in the world, and those being made choices immediately, and those choices were completely free from all influence. That, however, was not the end of choice. Generations continue to make choices more and more effected by both God and man, and limited by the choices of their predecessors. Compare it to an addiction: you start out free to accept or deny, and you choose to accept, consequentially, you experience a new sensation that you may or may not enjoy, so you continue. After the fourth (or less) time, your choice is very limited, and you are starting to accept the addiction as a part of you. Eventually, you mentally cannot refuse the urge, and you have no choice. Of course the world isn't addictive in this way, but are choices can be generationally more or less limited by our predecessors. That's what I think. Thanks for asking. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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