Hobbits as Eru's race chosen to bear the Ring - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 11-11-2002, 11:33 PM

Elfling, (and others) - The term "chosen race" is not exactly what I meant, if you are thinking in terms of "favored" or "special" status. The opinion I expressed - and seems to have gotten everyone into a tizzy - is that Eru, anticipating or foreseeing events in the Third age, created or caused Hobbits to be, since the very nature of Hobbits would enable them to resist the temptation of the One Ring, and the dismissive attitude of the Great would put them "below" suspicion.

Rather then say that they were chosen by Eru, I guess a better term would be that they were Ilúvatar's "secret weapon".

11-11-2002, 11:33 PM	#14
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Elfling, (and others) - The term "chosen race" is not exactly what I meant, if you are thinking in terms of "favored" or "special" status. The opinion I expressed - and seems to have gotten everyone into a tizzy - is that Eru, anticipating or foreseeing events in the Third age, created or caused Hobbits to be, since the very nature of Hobbits would enable them to resist the temptation of the One Ring, and the dismissive attitude of the Great would put them "below" suspicion. Rather then say that they were chosen by Eru, I guess a better term would be that they were Ilúvatar's "secret weapon".