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Originally Posted by Ibrīnišilpathānezel
Actually, I tend to think the eagles were divine intervention, sent by Manwe if not by Eru, since eagles are Manwe's favorites, and Gandalf/Olorin was of Manwe's people. I rather think there would have been some kind of intervention, regardless, as I don't Gandalf was meant to die at that juncture. Something would have happened to prevent it. I was merely speculating upon the "what if he DID jump?" line of thought.
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Yes, I agree. But it's just this "why to make it complicated when it can be easy". If Eru is omniscient, then the Eagles just would have come in time, whatever would have happened. But I know what you mean.
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09-05-2009, 03:25 AM
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