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Old 03-07-2010, 01:39 PM
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Default How are Zoroastrianism and the Abrahamic religions linked?

I heard that many Abrahamic concepts of God and Devil, Heaven and Hell, monotheism came from Zoroastrianism. Can anyone elaborate upon this? Thanks.
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Old 03-11-2010, 01:39 PM
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who knows and who cares
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Old 03-16-2010, 02:39 PM
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There are very close similarities.
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Old 03-20-2010, 02:39 PM
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Judaism and Christianity stole many myths from Zoroastrianism, like Noah/Gilgamesh.

Virgin births and trinity concepts were also stolen.
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Old 03-24-2010, 02:39 PM
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huh? big words Hertz my brain!!!
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Old 03-28-2010, 02:39 PM
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YHWH has been found on ancient tablets,dating back to the same time period as Nimrod/Gilgamesh(same person),Baal worship is older than Zorastrianism and the Egyptian god(s),in ancient Mesopotamia(the world's oldest civilization)Baal worship and Nimrod(who built the Tower of Babel)is also in the HolyBible,they might have been their-but they can't disprove YHWH.
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Old 04-02-2010, 02:39 PM
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All religions borrowed(Stole) from the Sumerians. All!
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Old 04-05-2010, 02:39 PM
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I REALLY DO NOT KNOW, BUT, I DO KNOW THAT THEY ALL FLURISHED IN THE SAME AREA IE THE MIDDLE EAST. That could be the link.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:39 PM
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Zoro came from Eran Wej in what is now Western Iran, whilst Abe came from the city of Ur, which is now in Eastern Iraq. Pretty close geographically. However, if you accept traditional dating, the youngest given for Abe's departure from Ur is 2000 BC, while the oldest date given for Zoro's life and times is 1000 BC. Therefore, maybe both dudes were borrowing from earlier sources common to their region of birth. Epic of Gilgamesh refers to a mythic God/King who may have been modeled on an actual King who lived about 2700 BC.

Maybe it was all just in the Zeitgeist of the Mesopotamian regions in the millennial before the common era.
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Old 04-13-2010, 02:39 PM
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Zoroaster or Zarathustra lived in early Iron Age about the 9Th/10th century BCE, four or five hundred years after Moses and nine hundred years after Abraham. Therefore Zoroastrianism does not predate Judaism.

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