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Odysseus819 · 07-30-2001, 07:19 AM

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Re: bombadil as eru -balin99

One reason I think that Tom cd NOT be Eru is that Tom clearly has limits ("Tom is no master of black riders&quot

while Eru does not. Of course, Eru cd self-impose his own limits in arda -- remember the old George Carlin joke "If God is omnipotent, cd he make a rock so big that he himself cd not lift it?" -- but . . .

In any case, I personally wd not like to think that the Supreme Being is so . . . unserious (shall we say) as Tom is.

<font size = "-2"> [i] Listen! the mighty Being is awake / And doth with his eternal motion make / A sound like thunder--everlastingly.</p>

07-30-2001, 07:19 AM	#28
Odysseus819 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 699	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ghost-Prince of Cardolan Posts: 613</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: bombadil as eru -balin99 One reason I think that Tom cd NOT be Eru is that Tom clearly has limits ("Tom is no master of black riders&quot while Eru does not. Of course, Eru cd self-impose his own limits in arda -- remember the old George Carlin joke "If God is omnipotent, cd he make a rock so big that he himself cd not lift it?" -- but . . . In any case, I personally wd not like to think that the Supreme Being is so . . . unserious (shall we say) as Tom is. <font size = "-2"> [i] Listen! the mighty Being is awake / And doth with his eternal motion make / A sound like thunder--everlastingly.</p>