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95:6.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] did not teach the [[worship]] of [[fire]] but sought to utilize the flame as a [[symbol]] of the [[pure]] and [[wise]] [[Spirit]] of [[universal]] and supreme [[dominance]]. (All too true, his later followers did both [[reverence]] and [[worship]] this [[symbolic]] [[fire]].) Finally, upon the [[conversion]] of an Iranian prince, this new [[religion]] was spread by the [[Coercion|sword]]. And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] [[heroically]] died in battle for that which he believed was the "[[truth]] of the Lord of [[light]]."

95:6.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] did not teach the [[worship]] of [[fire]] but sought to utilize the flame as a [[symbol]] of the [[pure]] and [[wise]] [[Spirit]] of [[universal]] and supreme [[dominance]]. (All too true, his later followers did both [[reverence]] and [[worship]] this [[symbolic]] [[fire]].) Finally, upon the [[conversion]] of an Iranian prince, this new [[religion]] was spread by the [[Coercion|sword]]. And [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] [[heroically]] died in battle for that which he believed was the "[[truth]] of the Lord of [[light]]."

95:6.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] is the only Urantian creed that perpetuates the [[Dalamatia]]n and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] about the [[Seven Master Spirits]]. While failing to evolve the [[Trinity]] [[concept]], it did in a certain way approach that of [[God the Sevenfold]]. Original [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] was not a [[pure]] [[dualism]]; though the early teachings did picture [[evil]] as a [[time]] [[co-ordinate]] of [[goodness]], it was definitely [[eternity]]-submerged in the [[ultimate]] [[reality]] of the good. Only in later times did the [[belief]] gain credence that [[good]] and [[evil]] contended on [[equal]] terms.

95:6.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] is the only Urantian creed that perpetuates the [[Dalamatia]]n and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] about the [[Seven Master Spirits]]. While failing to evolve the [[Trinity]] [[concept]], it did in a certain way approach that of [[God the Sevenfold]]. Original [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism] was not a [[pure]] [[dualism]]; though the early teachings did picture [[evil]] as a [[time]] [[co-ordinate]] of [[goodness]], it was definitely [[eternity]]-submerged in the [[ultimate]] [[reality]] of the good. Only in later times did the [[belief]] gain credence that [[good]] and [[evil]] contended on [[equal]] terms.

95:6.6 The [[Jewish]] [[traditions]] of [[heaven]] and [[hell]] and the [[doctrine]] of devils as [[recorded]] in the [[Hebrew scriptures]], while founded on the lingering [[traditions]] of [[Lucifer]] and [[Caligastia]], were principally derived from the Zoroastrians during the times when the Jews were under the [[political]] and [[cultural]] [[dominance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persians]. Zoroaster, like the Egyptians, taught the "day of judgment," but he [[connected]] this [[event]] with the end of the world.

95:6.6 The [[Jewish]] [[traditions]] of [[heaven]] and [[hell]] and the [[doctrine]] of devils as [[recorded]] in the [[Hebrew scriptures]], while founded on the lingering [[traditions]] of [[Lucifer]] and [[Caligastia]], were principally derived from the Zoroastrians during the times when the Jews were under the [[political]] and [[cultural]] [[dominance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia Persians]. Zoroaster, like the Egyptians, taught the "day of judgment," but he [[connected]] this [[event]] with the end of the world.

95:6.9 This great man was one of that [[unique]] [[group]] that sprang up in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC sixth century before Christ] to keep the [[light]] of [[Salem]] from being fully and finally extinguished as it so dimly burned to show man in his [[darkened]] world the path of [[light]] leading to everlasting life.

95:6.9 This great man was one of that [[unique]] [[group]] that sprang up in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC sixth century before Christ] to keep the [[light]] of [[Salem]] from being fully and finally extinguished as it so dimly burned to show man in his [[darkened]] world the path of [[light]] leading to everlasting life.

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