Melkor is the saviour of mankind

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Volo

Melkor should have been allowed to destroy the human race, if it was his intention (Was it?). Eru was just too gready to let go of his Children. The destruction of either Melkor or the human race would have been the greatest gift to Men.

To answer this, I can only quote C.S. Lewis... Well, I can't find the exact quote (It's from 'The Problem of Pain' if anyone has it). But it went something like this...

"To ask 'wouldn't it have been better not to exsist' is a question we cannot answer. We have no idea what not existing would be like and therefore cannot in any true sense think that none existence would be better than existence."

I tend to agree.