Zoroastrians believed in "The transcendental and universal God Ahura Mazda, the one uncreated Creator and to whom all worship is directed" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrians
Furthermore "Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed credal religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly or indirectly, than any other single faith... some of its leading doctrines were adopted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrians
So we have a real dilemma here...was it God that gave rise to the monotheistic religions of today, or was it Zoroastrians before them!
You might say "well the same God was involved with them". That right? Then why not start the scritpures and prophets with them! Why leave those poor souls out!
Why would the God, not bother to flesh-out the specifics of his "true" religion with the Zoroastrians first, and just kinda lazily decide later that he would finally reveal the true faith to a later people?
2006-11-25 09:39:43 · 4 answers · asked by Thoughtful Tristan 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Excellent thought. And for that matter, why didn't God support the Pharaoh Akhenaten when he tried to introduce monotheism to Egypt long before Moses?
2006-11-25 09:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't call the Zoroastrians monotheists, at least not technically. Angra Mainyu is a god (not a devil). I would call Zoroastrianism dualist.
But I would agree that Zoroastrianism had a significant impact on the monotheism of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions.
2006-11-25 09:43:43 · answer #2 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah the Zoroastrians are not pure Monotheists.
They have a deity for good and one for evil. That would make the dualist's
2006-11-25 18:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zoom zoom zoom. hehehe...
2006-11-25 09:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋