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Why the quasi qualifier there?
by dpeck 5y ago
Why the quasi qualifier there?
- glitchc 5y agoZoroastrianism embraces dualism as part of its creation myth [1]. [1] https://academic.oup.com/jaar/article-abstract/XLVII/4/557/744081 https://academic.oup.com/jaar/article-abstract/XLVII/4/557/7...
- ummonk 5y agoIt has deities (yazatas) as manifestations of the supreme god. As such, it is much more akin to “polytheistic” Hinduism (which generally believes in an all pervasive god) than to religions like Judaism and Islam which have prohibitions against idolatry to prevent adherents from invoking individual deities.