Inherent Evil

[Nils]

Orcs are not stained by the evil done in creating them. They are evil when they chose against the will of Eru.

I must disagree. An incarnate being has both a fea (soul) and hroa(body). According to Tolkien, the hroa does have an effect upon the fea, as I quoted a couple of times earlier in this thread.

The Orc's hroa (assuming Orcs are incarnate) was heavily corrupted by Melkor and therefore the Orcs were heavily affected by Melkor's malice.

I did not mean to imply a perfect world is less than perfect because evil doesn't exist in it.

Would 'good' be any less good without evil? I would think that 'good' with meaning is better than 'good' without meaning.

[ August 04, 2003: Message edited by: Nils ]