Absolutely Evil

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Originally Posted by davem

Or to extend this to the Biblical story - did God already have the Redeemed world in mind before the Fall? If so, why get mad at Adam & Eve?

Was it Eru's plan to allow some free will agents to run wild and free in its universe, knowing that, in the end, the whole would be more than the sum of the parts and would achieve that which Eru could foresee but not by itself create? And I can't help but think of a better way to torque Melkor off than, at the end of all things, show him what beauty all of his petty schemes, plots and perversions created (as mentioned, snowflakes).

"You wasted so much time and your self, your being, as all you'll be remembered for throughout eternity is being the creator of snow. Loser."