For the gazilionth time,
tumhalad, a christian God
also allows suffering. Suffering that is brought upon the people by their own choices. If you want to compare the two, you must consider this.
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But each text does approach the notion of "providence" differently, and I'm not talking about the contextual stories that sit together with Turin's story.
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Yes, one text is told through the eyes of
hobbits, and one through the eyes of elves, or suffering Edain.
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The story, it seems to me, deliberately evokes a sense of undirected fate. That is a very different proposition to Gandalf's "you were meant to have it...and that is an encouraging thought..."
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What do you mean by 'undirected'? That there was no power driving Turin to where he got? Please reread all the posts before this one. I remember myself and others addressing this issue many times.