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To: Brumar89 who wrote (46577)	2/15/2014 12:52:17 PM
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Doesn't matter when Zoroaster lived and started his religion....posting this is purely silly & foolish , we know Zoroaster lived back when earlier bronze age religions were still being practiced, so how in the world can you suggest Christianity had any influence? Judaism in the 7th century was a hill tribe mish mash of polytheism, fertility & Baal worship, though we hardly know what it was being a lessor group of tribes, animal sacrifice prominent. That already states that Cyrus & Darius were influenced by this, its recorded, what does being a state religion have to do with anything? Was Christianity a state religion for the first 400yrs? Did it grow to have influence?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (46577)	2/15/2014 1:01:21 PM
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More, you'd have to be blind not to see the roots here ---> *Zoroastrians believe that there is one universal, transcendent, supreme god,* *Ahura Mazda, or the 'Wise Lord'.(Ahura means 'Being' and Mazda means 'Mind' in* Avestan language).** [9] Zoroaster keeps the two attributes separate as two different concepts in most of the Gathas and also consciously uses a masculine word for one concept and a feminine for the other, as if to distract from an anthropomorphism of his divinity. en.wikipedia.org Some Zoroastrians claim Ahura Mazda as the uncreated Creator to whom all worship is ultimately directed, thereby formulating a panentheistic faith with a transcendent divinity, widely believed to have influenced the theology of the Ismaeli branch of Islam. [10] Other scholars assert that since Zoroastrianism's divinity covers both being and mind as immanent entities, it is better described as a belief in an immanent self-creating universe with consciousness as its special attribute, thereby putting Zoroastranism in the pantheistic fold where it can be easily traced to its shared origin with Indian Brahmanism. [11] [12] In any case, Ahura Mazda's creation—evident is widely agreed as asha, truth and order—is the antithesis of chaos, which is evident as druj, falsehood and disorder. The resulting conflict involves the entire universe, including humanity, which has an active role to play in the conflict. [10] The religion states that active participation in life through good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. This active participation is a central element in Zoroaster's concept of free will, and Zoroastrianism rejects all forms of monasticism. Ahura Mazda will ultimately prevail over the evil Angra Mainyu or Ahriman, at which point the universe will undergo a cosmic renovation and time will end. In the final renovation, all of creation—even the souls of the dead that were initially banished to "darkness"—will be reunited in Ahura Mazda, returning to life in the undead form. At the end of time, a savior-figure (a Saoshyant) will bring about a final renovation of the world ( frashokereti), in which the dead will be revived. [10]