In founding the religion of Christianity, Paul and his followers cast it in the mold of the religion of Zoroaster (600+ BCE)-- light versus darkness, good versus evil, earthlings who are either light beings or dark beings dependent on their choice, a good god and a bad devil, a forecast end of the world or aeon by fire, the capture of the bad devil and the tossing of him and his followers into the abyss of hell, the reigning of the children of light on earth and then in heaven where they will be in bliss forever.
Either Paul was very clever or there are forces at work here beneath and beyond ordinary consciousness and continuing to pop up in different clothing. I suspect both are true.
I am amused to think that today's Christians are in one sense neo-Zoroastrians. Nothing wrong with that. Just funny. But then I seem to have a strange sense of humor.
Either Paul was very clever or there are forces at work here beneath and beyond ordinary consciousness and continuing to pop up in different clothing. I suspect both are true.
ReplyDeletethis "feels" like it has some merit. Nice articulation of the in-articulatable.
It is funny, George, but I cannot speak that which cannot be spoken as well as you can, so I am going to end here, and just laugh awhile...
ReplyDeleteI agree that today's Christians are neo-Zoroastrians, along with neo-All-Kinds-of-Things. The number of ancient spiritual influences that converged in the early years of Christianity to create the faith is absolutely astounding. And for Christians to believe it all began in a manger in Bethlehem is even more astounding.
ReplyDeleteGood PR job the the Romans. Ron
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