(urth) "Latro"

[David Stockhoff]

I hadn't heard your theory. Interesting!

On 4/21/2015 6:56 PM, marcaramini wrote:
> Jives pretty well with my idea of what Latro is (ahura mazda 
> incognito, learning to shun war in a trial run full of human suffering 
> which will lead to the shifting from pagan gods to Christian 
> monotheism as the pagan gods are reconciled to a new divine order)
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> Date: 04/21/2015 3:38 PM (GMT-07:00)
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> Subject: (urth) "Latro"
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> I just encountered a new word---that is, a word that's new to me. Not,
> I'm sure, to this forum. The Greek root is only part of it, though its
> similarity to "Latro" is new to me too.
>
> I'll just quote from the Wiki and let people draw their own conclusions
> about Latro's name in the context of Wolfe's theories about gods and God.
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> *Monolatrism or monolatry* (Greek: μόνος (monos) = single, and λατρεία
> (latreia) = worship) is the recognition of the existence of many gods,
> but with the consistent worship of only one deity.
>
> An example given is Akhenaten's heresy, Atenism.
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