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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/31/2013 10:38 AM, Marc Aramini
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<div>Lee wrote:<br>
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"Given Jeff's consideration of Wolfe's assessment of the
reality of pagan gods, this re-<br>
combining theme makes Wolfe's personal theology very
interesting with regard to pagan<br>
gods, the Trinity and Christianity. " </div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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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.<br>
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