Íluvatar's opponents?

[aragornreborn]

do you mean their intentions aren't good? or they are incapable of doing anything good at all?

What I mean is that if someone is purely evil (Morgoth, Sauron, and Saruman) then they can do no good whatsoever. They may perform acts of beauty, but not goodness. Also, in my opinion, intentions are an inherent part of deciding if something is good. So, even if someone did a "good" thing such as defending someone from an attacker, if he did it for his own gain instead of out of compassion then it is still wrong.

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: aragornreborn ]