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* Pieces of God: Inverted. Every Ainur and Valar has a single part or aspect of the mind of Eru from which they all come. Alone they can\\\'t understand the will or thoughts of their creator until they commune and work together. That is, except for Melkor, whom was not of Eru\\\'s thoughts and has complete independence. Thus making him the first proper creation in that regard. Unfortunately for everyone else, this is the start of his pride...?
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
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*\\\"Pieces of God: Inverted. Every Ainur and Valar has a single part or aspect of the mind of Eru from which they all come. Alone they can\\\'t understand the will or thoughts of their creator until they commune and work together. That is, except for Melkor, whom was not of Eru\\\'s thoughts and has complete independence. Thus making him the first proper creation in that regard. Unfortunately for everyone else, this is the start of his pride...\\\"?
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
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>\\\"Pieces of God: Inverted. Every Ainur and Valar has a single part or aspect of the mind of Eru from which they all come. Alone they can\\\'t understand the will or thoughts of their creator until they commune and work together. That is, except for Melkor, whom was not of Eru\\\'s thoughts and has complete independence. Thus making him the first proper creation in that regard. Unfortunately for everyone else, this is the start of his pride...\\\"?
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
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***Pieces of God: Inverted. Every Ainur and Valar has a single part or aspect of the mind of Eru from which they all come. Alone they can\\\'t understand the will or thoughts of their creator until they commune and work together. That is, except for Melkor, whom was not of Eru\\\'s thoughts and has complete independence. Thus making him the first proper creation in that regard. Unfortunately for everyone else, this is the start of his pride...***?
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
It doesn\\\'t seem quite right, especially because it would run counter to Tolkien\\\'s real life beliefs. The Valar are not literal pieces of Eru, nor they are his emotions/ideas given life. They are creatures which are more attuned to some aspects of their creator. Moreover, I don\\\'t recall ever reading anything resembling \\\"Melkor is not from Eru\\\'s thoughts\\\", as that would be metaphysically impossible...
