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krupan on April 15, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien's fa...

It's a really great analogy for how God can allow his creations free will without it messing up His Work. Melkor uses his free will to try and make his own "music" discordant from Eru's but Eru just incorporates it into His music and makes the whole song better.

PaulDavisThe1st on April 15, 2025 [–]

So you're saying that Eru and Miles Davis are one?

krupan on April 16, 2025 | [–]

I'd never thought of that, but yes now that you mention it, I think that's exactly what I'm saying

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