[Cronos]

That's a pretty ignorant thing to say considering that Mazdaism had a lot of influence on Judaism -- the Jews got an idea about angels and souls etc. from the Zoroastrians. Mazdaism was also competeing with Christianity in the Roman world in the 1st century. A mix of Christianity and Mazdaism Manichaenism spread inPersia -- and there are still a few thousand adherants in Iraq and IRan

[ladyinred]

Once again, I had never heard of this in my life, and I just read this again, and I still don't understand it. But thanks for the ping. You obviously know about this?

[BlackVeil]

the Jews got an idea about angels and souls etc. from the Zoroastrians

Interesting. Zoroastrianism also had quite an impact on Islam, and the sect of Shiah Islam maintains many Zorastrian doctrines, most especially the idea of the "awaited saviour".

[dangus]

Oh, have a sense of humor.