Sunday, March 17, 2013

Ancient Western Religions


1. It began in the fourth or fifth century due to the influence from the Persian Empire
2. It spread due to the Persian Empire being conquered by Alexander the Great.
3. An angel named Good Thought brought him before Ahura Mazda, and Zarathrusta recognized him as the one true god.
4. The most sacred part of the text is called Avesta.
5. Ahura Mazda is eternal and is the universal goodness.
6. The belief in forces are good and evil.
7. The lie is an evil cosmic force.
8. Humans must choose between the truth and the evil.
9. It discuses resurrection and judgment of the dead and if you go to heaven or hell.
10. Caring for Livestock and fields.
11. Followers of Zoroastrianism and most live in India.
12. Illiad and Odyssey.
13. gods have human attributes as in talents and limitations.
14. He introduced divine justice. An example is he shows suffering is part of the divine plan of Zeus.
15. Oracle is a sanctuary in which revelations of god are received.
16. Individuals went through an initiation ceremony, they encounter an experience with a deity, and gains spiritual renewal.
17. Eleusinian religion.
18. The god of fertility, with wine and grapes.
19. Lead a pure life.
20. We know things in are life because we have experience with them in past lives.
21. The truth of the world is independent from any bodily or material ideas in reality.
22. They both were refereed as saviors.
23. Supernatural beings in charge of specific functions.
24. Jupiter.
25. Mercury, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Mars.
26. SO they would never anger gods, and they would be at peace.
27. Mithraism and the Cult of Iris
28. Osiris was killed and cut to pieces by his brother.
29. Augustus said to worship the Roman State and his guardian spirit.
30. Romans believed in worshipping the state, and Catholics believed it should be God.

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