This is the first time I’ve ever heard that zoroastrianism taught polytheism or that man was basically born good—a strange belief for a dualistic religion.
Well, Zoroastrianism initially derives from the Indo-European/ARyan religion which was polytheistic, so the holdover continued. However, it was dualistic by the time of the Achaemenids and post the Seleucid era was fractured with some becoming nearly monotheistic.
Why is the concept of men being born good alien to the dualistic concept of competing gods? From what I understand in various branches of Zoroastrianism the idea is that man fights on the side of good (and is created by the good)
>>>”This is the first time I’ve ever heard that zoroastrianism taught polytheism “<<<
That’s because Zoroastrianism does Not teach polytheism. See #48