Flaws in Lord of the Rings... Yes in the book. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Mushroom · 02-14-2004, 01:37 PM

Hello everyone!
This is a very interesting topic. I just have one comment to make on Sauron being completely evil. Tolkien gave ME certain rules, some rules that he saw in our own world. He believed that in this world, God was the ultimate authority and definition of good. In ME, Eru is the ultimate authority and definition of good. Therefore the definition of evil would logically be "against Eru." Morgoth and the Maia that followed him completely rejected Eru, therefore they completely rejected good and embraced evil. It logically follows that they would be completely evil. If they weren't, it would go against Tolkien's rules for ME. At least that is how I understand it.

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02-14-2004, 01:37 PM	#12
The Mushroom Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hobbit hole in Western WA Posts: 31	Hello everyone! This is a very interesting topic. I just have one comment to make on Sauron being completely evil. Tolkien gave ME certain rules, some rules that he saw in our own world. He believed that in this world, God was the ultimate authority and definition of good. In ME, Eru is the ultimate authority and definition of good. Therefore the definition of evil would logically be "against Eru." Morgoth and the Maia that followed him completely rejected Eru, therefore they completely rejected good and embraced evil. It logically follows that they would be completely evil. If they weren't, it would go against Tolkien's rules for ME. At least that is how I understand it. The Dead Fungus