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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: renegade demons
Message-ID: <2037@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-May-85 20:15:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 30 20:15:43 1985
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Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

Neither Orcs nor Maiar are "made of evil/chaos."  Orcs were bred by
Morgoth out of Elves (hardly innately evil).  Balrogs are fire angels,
corrupted by Morgoth (again not innately evil).

If you believe that each good deed causes an angel to be born and each sin
causes a demon to be born, then you could indeed believe angels and demons
had innate alignment.  If you believe demons are sinful angels and that
God offers redemption to all, then you'll run thier alignment differently.
(I do agree that changing an angel or demon's alignment by magic or other
external coercion should be almost impossible.)

--Lee Gold