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To: kumar who wrote (95921)	4/24/2003 11:14:31 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

OT -- OK, I am going to explain myself the best I can and then I will leave it up to you, especially since this is really off topic. What makes a God is being the Creator. Their scriptures clearly shows they do not believe fire is God. In fact, the scriptures do not even show fire to jr. god or an angel. This is quite obvious if you read the translation of the Book of Creation that posted a link to. They are however instructed to observe respect for the four elements, chief among them is fire. You will not find a single line in their scriptures that says Fire created the world or that Fire is somehow capable of granting you wishes. You will however find plenty of references to imagery involving God. The imagery is along the lines of "God is Light, evil is Darkness", "God is warmth, Evil is Cold", "God is energetic, Evil is lethargic" and so on. So it is easy to see why fire becomes such a strong symbol of God. When you see a Christian pray in front of the Cross, do you think he is praying to the piece of wood in front of him or to God? If I had a religion that said I should always pray indoor facing the north wall, would you think that I worship the wall? Parsis are instructed to pray in presence of fire and not to let that fire die. This doesn't mean they worship the fire. As to your comment on bringing in the sacred flame with them, so what? That was a flame from a temple which was believed to have been lit by Zarathustra himself. It is natural that given their traditions and their emphasis on symbolism they would not wish to see the fire lit by their prophet is distinguished. Now if you like to learn more about this, the easy solution is to read their sacred texts which I already provided a link to (btw, I found a better link when I was researching Mithraism's effect on Christianity, but I've lost it. So may be if you search on Mithraism you find some more good links). ST