> the shrine to the lar, generally known as the lararium cool info, anon. > lararium still live here in portugal - and i was not even aware of the connection... > lareira is literally the fire place of a home... the hearth if you will. i think other latin languages have not retained that word, how interesting...  i am not against your... prespective on le gods. but you see, those particularist gods eventually failed because religion is all about the truth.  and the truth of the one true god was much much stronger than the thousand particularist gods to this or that "force".  it just makes more sense. you can still integrate legends / saints / sacred character into other things. just not confuse all that with the concept of god. at best those are just manifestations of the one true god.  it's all about having the best framework to explain reality. plus all the miracles the good christ throws at us every now and then. you can even see in globalism and their attempt to tap into the one true god concept to create le one fake world religion that encopasses everything. you can call it liberalism if you want it. but it's really not, it's just sacralised globalism.
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