[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

Interesting that a religion could be born, spread widely, and then die off. Reading about it at wikip sounds like there was alot of help with the dying part in Iraq at least.

I used to have a friend who was a hero, a prophet, and a martyr in his own mind. I remember telling him he should start his own religion. A dig I suppose, because we both knew I wouldn't be one of the followers.

Back to Manichaeism - sounds complicated.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Simple form—so I recall—was that there is two gods—a good god and a bad god. (Jesus and Satan) One of heaven one of earth. Follow one and reject the other. Where am I wrong?

[Cronos]

There are lots of interesting beliefs -- like

• Jainism
• Zoroastrianism
• Mandaeanism - in Iraq who revere John the Baptist as their Messiah and reject Moses, Jesus and Mohammad as false prophets (talk about kicking EVERYONE else in the nuts)
• Yazidis
• Alevis (like Assad)