From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article , No One In Particular wrote:   
      
   > > Sandman:   
   > > Yes, that is the consensus, but it rhymes badly with the fact that   
   > > the ring does have its own will, so mixing in fate and/or divine   
   > > powers seems odd to me.   
   >   
   > Simply put, I believe that the higher power (Eru, perhaps?  Manwe,   
   > maybe?) made an executive decision and overrode the Ring's will on   
   > the matter.   
      
   I just think that that line of thinking has so many other implications.   
   Wouldn't that be the only known intervention of a divine power in the   
   story? Which of course lends the question - why the only one? Surely there   
   were other more important things he/it could intervene with if something as   
   trivial as this required his/its attention.   
      
   A discussion for another time, perhaps :)   
      
      
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