Post 22-ancestors of the west

Religion. 

1. Zoroastrianism

2. After Persia was conquered by the Greek general Alexander the Great in 328 BC aspects of Persian culture spread far and wide

3. He had an astonishing religious experience. An angle appeared to him and brought him before Ahura Mazda the wise lord. He recognized him as one true god. He went around preaching the message of monotheism to society

4. Gathas are the oldest part of the sacred text, the Avesta

5. He is eternal and a universal goodness, controlling the cosmos and the destiney of human beings 

6. The belief if universal forces of good and evil

7. Zoroastrianism theology the one god Ahura Mazda who is universal goodness is oppose by lie depicted by Zarathustra as an evil cosmic force 

8. The dualism of Zoroastrianism unites ethics with human destiny

9. Humans determine their own destiny by choosing either truth goodness and life or falsehood evil and not life. It's the basis of Zoroastrianism

10. It's most important and influential features

11. Most of the worlds Zoroastrianism now live in India where they are known as Parsis

12. The Iliad and the odyssey

13. Of human form characteristics of the dirties of ancient Greek and roman religion

14. He portrayed Zeus as ruling with order and justice 

15. A shrine or sanctuary which the revelations of a god are received; Delphi 

16. Choose to become initiates, experience a personal encounter with the dirty gained spiritual renewal. 

17. Demeter 

18. God of fertility depicted with vines and grapes. Turned water into wine. 

19. To lead a pure life the rough vegetarianism so that te soul might eventually escape the body and fully realize its divine. 

20. Reincarnation. 

21. Platos perspective that true reality consists of eternal an perfects forms or ideas and tht the material world is an imperfect reflection of the worlds forms. 

22. Bother were called savior. They both healed people. 

23. Supernatural powers that were ancient roman equilibrium of dirties 

24. Jupiter 

25. Venus, mars, Neptune, mercury, Saturn. 

26. Pax decorum was believed to help ensure the welfare of the roman state which this maintained official worship practices. 

27. Eleusinian. 

28. Osirs was killed and hacked into pieces by his brother, Isis searched far an wide and finally found his body parts she mummified which brought him back to life. 

29. He encouraged the worship of not himself but if his guardian spirit. 

30. The Christians had obvious reasons for refusing to worship in behalf of the emperor. But mostly because they only believed in 1 god.