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NancyLebovitz comments on Defeating the Villain - Less Wrong Discussion

29 Post author: Zubon 26 March 2015 09:43PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 27 March 2015 10:29:01AM 3 points [-]

Is Melkor explicitly described as unredeemable?

As I recall, Eru's creation is incomplete, and we cannot know all the outcomes.

Comment author: JohnBuridan 29 March 2015 06:09:27PM 1 point [-]

Well, Nancy, Melkor was imprisoned once before by the Valar. They thought he had been rehabilitated and were mistaken; he destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor.

He will return in the end for Ragnorok called Dagor Dagorath. You are right, the outcomes cannot be known by us. I assume he will be vanquished totally, but Eru's creation is incomplete. Something unexpected may yet happen.