Latro Thoughts

David Stockhoff · 31 Jul 2013, 23:30 · from 2013-July.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:30:44 -0400
Subject: (urth) Latro Thoughts
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On 7/31/2013 10:38 AM, Marc Aramini wrote:
> Lee wrote:
>
> "Given Jeff's consideration of Wolfe's assessment of the reality of 
> pagan gods, this re-
> combining theme makes Wolfe's personal theology very interesting with 
> regard to pagan
> gods, the Trinity and Christianity. "
>
> I actually fancy that the Latro books are an exploration of the 
> pre-Christian zeitgeist leading up to the time of the Pax Roman that 
> becomes something of the ultimate philosophical moment of Christian 
> history - mankind is at last ready for divine revision, and that 
> readiness creates a scenario were immutable God takes on a mutable 
> human nature.  Wolfe's gnostic play is here in full force - it is 
> impossible to ignore the ideological differences between the Creator 
> God and the God who is fully human and fully divine; the relationship 
> between what people believe in and their own character no doubt shapes 
> their perception of the world of the divine.
> The paradox of pagan gods being "real" in a Christian world view is 
> something that bears thinking about, but I think that trite coin motto 
> works: e pluribus unum ... but mankind must be unified, too.
>

Trite as it may be, that idea lies behind the "obsession" with cloning 
and explains why the Ascians and megatherians are not as repugnant to 
the Yesodis as one would expect. One side must unify mankind, and it may 
not matter which one.
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