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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 1283485" data-attributes="member: 307">Pushing Isildur into the lava would have been murder. That's evil, a mortal sin in fact. Forming the intent to do that in close proximity to the Ring would have corrupted Elrond. It would have then transformed the corruption in his heart worked by his desire to commit murder into a desire for the power of the Ring.You don't have to touch the Ring for its power to work upon you. It corrupted Boromir and he saw it once and never held it. The Ring corrupts those who would do evil, even if they don't know what they are doing is evil (Boromir, for example, thought that he would be doing good by using the Ring for the defense of Gondor).Elrond forming the intent to commit murder in the proximity of the Ring would have been enough to corrupt him and bring him under its power.Finally, note that I included both Elrond taking the Ring, and forcing Isildur to give it up. Forcing Isildur to give the Ring up against his will (which includes, murdering Isildur) was included in my initial answer.</blockquote>