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- From: cannell@churchill.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Eric.Cannell)
- Subject: Gift of Men (was Free Will)
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:10:49 GMT
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- In article <16JAN199302241398@juliet.caltech.edu> waynebro@juliet.caltech.edu (Broughton, Wayne Jeremy) writes:
- >One thing that I am surprised nobody seems to have mentioned yet on this
- >thread is the gift to Men, the Freedom of Iluvatar. This section of the
-
- OK...let us begin a new thread...what exactly is the Gift of Men?
-
- I used to think that the Gift of Men was the chance to die *or* the
- ability to leave the Circles of the World after death.
-
- Now, I am thinking that the Gift of Men also includes the free will
- to choose between good and evil. Note that elves, orcs, and the like
- are portrayed as being totally good or evil. They are not capable of
- being otherwise (no flames regarding Feanor please...).
-
- Of course, elves can be deceived into doing evil things, a la Feanor,
- but had Feanor understood Melkor's intentions and meddlings, he
- may have acted differently.
-
- Other thoughts on this topic?
-
- Feadin
-