Zoroastrianism is perhaps the oldest religion in the world, which originated in the territory of ancient Iran (the old name was Persia) from 600 BCE to 650 CE. Prophet Zoroaster is considered the founder of this ancient religion. (PoverPoint, p.2-3) The main three ideas of Zoroastrianism are the struggle between good and evil (light and darkness), eschatology (as the creation of a new purified Earth), and understanding of paradise. (Book, p.236)
Once, the god Ahura Mazda appeared to the prophet Zoroaster, this is the most important god, the wisest and kind God. Ahura Mazda was accompanied by six of his assistants, spirits, and angels. Their names are Vohu Manah, Asha Vahishta, Spenta Ameraiti, Khashathra Vairya, Hauravatat, Ameretat. Zoroaster declared him the only creator and absolute ruler of the World, and all other deities are false. (Book, p.236) These six divine helpers helped God create the world, and each of them has its own important role of creation. (PoverPoint, p. 11-12) Ahura Mazda did only good deeds and fought evil, so he personified all the best on
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Many Zoroastrians, who remained faithful to Ahura Mazda, had to flee to neighboring India because of the strong pressure of Islam. (Book, p.237) One of the main responsibilities of the Zoroastrian is to find one like this and reproduce the genus, so that there are continuers of the Zoroastrianism religion because people are God's helpers. Zoroastrians must meet in a temple where the fire is constantly maintained, which is a symbol of God and purity, and they should pray five times a day. Here they read their scriptures and perform traditional rituals. (Book, p.238) Zoroastrian priests were famous philosophers and magicians. The prophet Zoroaster was considered the most important and powerful magician. This is evidenced by the parables found in the past of the Roman Empire. (Book,
ELELETH - WITH HIS THREE SPIRITS OF - PEACE, PERFECTION AND SOPHIA = WISDOM AND MOTHER OF ALL LIVING. NOW ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE THE WILL OF THE FATHER SPIRITS - HEBREWS 1:14 AND HEBREWS 12:9 - THAT THE FATHER WILL SEND TO HELP YOU WITH THE SPIRITS AND POWER TO OVERCOME ALL OF EPH. 6:12. THE COUNTERFEIT TO THE FULLNESS SEVEN POWERS ARE, GOODNESS =
He also had a wife and three young boys who now no longer have a father. He believed the gods to be omnipotent. The city council members charged him of being a theist because he believed in gods, just not the Olympian gods. He was monotheistic, he believed in his personal spirit guided him to follow and believe in nature spirits, also known as the Daimon. His religion influenced other people, mostly children, to think about their religion and why they believed in their twelve gods.
These previous religions mostly included ones from Mesopotamia. However, in the new religion that was made, there was not a huge difference from spiritual Gods to things in the real world. Some Gods included: God of the fire, God of the rain, God of the water, God of the corn, God of the sky, and God of the sun There were also agricultural Gods A lot of people sacrificed themselves to these Gods, too
Of course, there is the main God, the one who is accompanied by Virgin Mary, as well as the Golden Carp. As his father, Gabriel informed him that Antonio’s opinion of, “Maybe I do not have to be just Marez or Luna, perhaps I can be both- (247),” was the most precise opinion in the moment. So the choice of this young child was to believe in the Golden Carp. This Golden Carp would not only end the ongoing conflict of the two families, but it would eventually guide Antonio to the life that he chose. It would soothe the conflict by combining the three concepts of religion that arose.
These are referred to as deities. These deities are thought of as a personified view of the “supreme divine power, unknowable, ultimate from which the universe sprang”(9). Almost every aspect of the world is divided to be representative of the God or the Goddess. Be that as it may, “in Wiccan thought, the deities didn’t exist before our ancestors acknowledgement of them. However, the energies behind them did; they created us.
Some of them was Inti and he was the most important to the Inca. Mama Quilla and she was the goddess of the moon. Pachamama and when was goddess of earth and she was responsible for farming and harvest. Viracocha and this was the first god who created the Earth. Supay was the god of death.
The three main deities in this mesoamerican religion were Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl. They believed that there were infinitely many other gods underneath these main three. The Aztecs would often adopt deities of other geographic regions or peoples into their own religious
Their religion was based on monotheism and they believed on only one god. The prophet Zoroaster taught people that the world was constantly being separated
It took the Aztecs 5 gods to build their world. Huitzpochtli was the god of war and sun for the Aztecs. The Aztecs first emperor was Acamapictli. Montezuma was the emperor when Cortes and the Spanish came to attack. Itzcoatl was the emperor who defeated the Tepanecs.
The religion is chiefly spread throughout Essos but there are few worshippers of it in the Seven Kingdoms as well. It is based on the concept of dualistic approach towards the world where the Lord of Light symbolises heat and life, whereas his counterpart the Great Other is associated with ice and death. These two deities are connected with each other by the means of eternal fight over the fate of the world. This combat would only end with the arrival of Azor Ahai who according to the prophecies is bound to defeat the Great
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Zoroastrians’ belief and view of God came from the revelations of Zoroastrian and Judaist view developed from God’s communication to Moses. Similarly, Christians’ view of God is shaped and defined by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. In respect to a coming Savior, Judaists waited for the Messiah, Christians wait for Jesus, and Zoroastrians expected the Saoshyant. Even further, all the religions view the world to be in a constant battle between good and evil, and between God and the devil. From the Zoroastrians’ point of view, the Universe is literally a battlefield between Ahura Mazda, the one good God, and Ahriman, the separate spirit of Evil.
Zoroastrianism can be credited for “creating” the symbols of Heaven and Hell as they relate to good and evil and influencing religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The concept of Heaven and Hell