The treachery of the Valar

[Raynor]

Originally Posted by Mithadan

Even Aulë. when he secretly created the Dwarves?

I don't think we can completely exclude that. Anyway, Aule was having good intentions in mind and intended to serve Eru, which, in Tolkien's philosophy, absolves him.

Another thing would be that during the years of the trees, Aman was open to possible visitors - it was only after the exile and curse of the noldor that it became closed. Perhaps the valars didn't want to repeate the mistake they did with the elves by inviting them to the blessed realms, in their majestous presence; it could be that some elves would bring men to Aman, or at least them know about it, which would be pretty much the same - the men would, sooner or later, visit Aman. According to Myths Transformed, life in Aman for mortals would soon turn to misery and suffering, because their doom was to depart after their assigned life time passed.