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- From: mvoorhis@granite.WPI.EDU (Michael C Voorhis)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Bombadil etc.
- Date: 31 Dec 92 11:32:46
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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- In-reply-to: tjg01@thdhub.HomeDepot.COM's message of Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:34:22 GMT
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- > Well done, Micheal. I agree in part with this last. Illuvatar could have
- > sent a persona to Middle-earth to `get the lay of the land', but I think it
- > not very likely. What I DO think is that Manw:e could have done it.
- > Remember that the Valar were very reluctant to interfere with Middle-earth,
- > and only did so when ruin was imminent (Melkor, for example).
-
- Why would Eru have to send anyone to Middle earth to `get the lay of the
- land'? Everything that ever happened there was as a result of Eru's
- thought... He knew what would be happening, when, where, how, who,
- etcetera.
-
- If bombadil was sent as an observer, it was done a *long* time before there
- were any problems at all in middle earth. Why would bombadil be set to
- watch over the eastern Shire before there were hobbits or elves or trees or
- men there?
-
- Hmmmmmm
-
- Mike
- (mvoorhis@wpi.wpi.edu)
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