![]() ![]() Iranian Zoroastrians are much more likely to accept converts, marriages to non-Zoroastrians (who are then welcomed into the community) and people of mixed ancestry." "Anti-conversion sentiment in the Zoroastrian world comes from the Indian Parsis. This intellectual movement of Manichaeism infiltrated the Greek world and when is brushed with Christianity it was labeled "Gnosticism." Saint Augustine of Hippo practiced Manichaeism until his baptism and conversion to Christianity in 386 CE. Saint Augustine of Hippo was drawn to Manichaeism until his baptism and conversion to Christianity in 386 CE. In a nutshell, all flesh is evil, and the battle is between the material and immaterial. It is a dualism between light (the good) and dark (the evil) and man's purpose is to release parts of himself that belong to the light. It is a dualistic cosmology describing the conflict between a good spiritual world and one of evil. In Manichaeism, anything physical is intrinsically evil. Zurvanism fizzled out during the Sassanid period but the prophet Mani of Manichaeism further delineated the good-vs-bad dualism of Zoroastrianism to the battles between spirit (good) and matter (evil). Zoroastrianism hatched two different religions: Zurvanism, and Manichaeism. ![]()
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