Opinion of "From Gods to God"

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Re: Opinion of "From Gods to God"

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Clive wrote:
The conspicuous monotheism of Zoroaster’s teaching is apparently disturbed by a pronounced dualism: the Wise Lord has an opponent, Ahriman, who embodies the principle of evil, and whose followers, having freely chosen him, also are evil. This ethical dualism is rooted in the Zoroastrian cosmology. He taught that in the beginning there was a meeting of the two spirits, who were free to choose—in the words of the Gāthās—“life or not life.” This original choice gave birth to a good and an evil principle. Corresponding to the former is a Kingdom of Justice and Truth; to the latter, the Kingdom of the Lie (Druj), populated by the daevas, the evil spirits (originally prominent old Indo-Iranian gods). Monotheism, however, prevails over the cosmogonic and ethical dualism because Ahura Mazdā is father of both spirits, who were divided into the two opposed principles only through their choice and decision.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/top ... nd-dualism

What does this have to do with the price of tea in china?


Are you discounting the polytheism of proto Israelites?

Are you discounting the traditions of J and E ?


Are you discounting the multiple cultures in early Israelite history?
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