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Originally posted by Fljotsdale:
My word, G'kar - you DO jump to a lot of unwarrented conclusions!
I hardly think the comment 'Tolkien wrote from a christian viewpoint' warrents the extrapolations you have made! I would thank you not to put words into my mouth (or onto the page!) that I neither said, wrote, or thought! Please! 
The concept of god containing both 'good & evil' within itself is one that most people toy with at one time or another, and will probably continue to do for as long as the species exists. But it is rather childish, and most people past their teens abandon it. It is based on the idea that 'if god exists and god created everything then god made eveything that is bad as well as everything that is good: therefore, god is both evil and good.'
However, the mere fact that good & bad are in opposition to each other - 'warring against' each other, if you like - shows that such cannot be the case because 'A city divided against itself will fall'. (An old bible proverb, but proved true countless times).
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True, but the concept that God created positivity, thus allowing negativity to exist (positive creating being a proactive action, and "allowing negativity" being a passive leaving of the status quo) and coming to the conclusion that this makes God even greater is not a childish one
It actually requires some maturity to look at sin being necessary to show forgiveness and thus more and more love.
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