Why Does Good Suck So Much?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Nikkolas

If he is so powerful (and certainly if he is omnipotent), Eru could have easily defeated the King's Men and not destroyed Numenor. Their entire fighting force vanquished, what threat were the poor women and children on the island to the Valar?

No, Eru set out with genocide in mind.

I know I'm going into the "what ifs", but let's pretend that it happened. Eru killd Pharazon's army, but leaves Numenor. The result? A few generations later they bring a bigger army to avenge Pharazon.

He allowed the Faithful to escape. He didn't kill everyone.

As for Sauron's noble intentions, everyone thinks they are good and noble and all that stuff! If you'd ask him "are you evil?", he'd say "of course not!" What else would you expect him to say? Not that he would waste time talking about that subject...