latro and ares

Jeff Wilson · 09 May 2003, 04:15 · from urth-v0305.mbox · original

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From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) latro and ares
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 23:15:09 -0500
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> From:
> "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <katbarx at hotmail.com>

> Slight correction ... Ahura-Mazda (Ormuzd, other spellings) is not a=20
> "singular"
> god but one-half of a dualistic pair; the other being, of course,=20
> Ahriman, the
> god of Evil. The prophecies of Zarathustra suggest that Ahura-Mazda will =
be
> victorious in the final battle, but since everything else in the=20
> religion posits
> them as opposite equals, I've never quite understood how that's supposed
> to work out.

They are opposites in that Ahriman is as foolish as Ormuzd is wise, and=20
their agreement to make war to decide rulership of the world was slanted=20
to favor Ormuzd, but Ahriman accepted anyway.


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Jeff Wilson - http://www.io.com/~jwilson


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