[RayChuang88]

Zoroastrianism was extremely revolutionary in its heyday because the supreme God of that religion (Ahura Mazda) very likely was the inspiration for the monotheistic God of Judaism and Christianity. Pretty amazing considering that at the time of Zoroaster, polytheism was the norm for religious beliefs in the eastern Mediterranean and what is now the Middle East.

[nicollo]

The Persians tolerated local religions as a matter of expediency. They would honor local deities in exchange for loyalty. Very practical. Then along comes Zoroaster. As far as I understand it, the Persians did not politicize his religion.

Whatever the source of Zoroaster’s ideas, he definitely inherited Hammurabi’s attempt to monopolize the deities with his Marduk. Still, I’m guessing that monotheism didn’t take during this period because local conditions were disparate: uniformity of condition would more readily fuel monotheism. Instead, local religions and gods persisted along with local distinctions and outcomes.

Christ changed everything by separating this from the next world.

[what's up]

the supreme God of that religion (Ahura Mazda) very likely was the inspiration for the monotheistic God of Judaism and Christianity

Doubt it since the Hebrew Jehovah...the God of both Jews and Christians...predated Zoroastrianism.

[VaBthang4]

"Zoroastrianism was extremely revolutionary in its heyday because the supreme God of that religion (Ahura Mazda) very likely was the inspiration for the monotheistic God of Judaism and Christianity."

Hey stupid...the article puts Zoroastrianism at only 3500 years old.

Nice try though.