Gnosticism in BotNS

brunians at brunians.org · 08 Apr 2009, 23:08 · from 2009-April.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:08:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) Gnosticism in BotNS
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> Gnosticism was influenced by Zoroastrianism, which is Manichaean, so it's
> certainly dualistic.

This is a popular idea, but not a true one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is, in fact, the oldest of what are called the monotheistic
religions.

Wolfe is aware of this. Latro is a sworn follower of the Great King who is
(not coincidentally) a follower of the One True God.

This, of course, has nothing to do at all with the discussion of
gnosticism in the BotNS.

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