Is Angra Mainyu another name for Satan? and Ahura Mazda who really is?
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Below, in quotes, is the Wikipedia explanation of Ahura Mazda.
"Ahura Mazdā (also known as Ohrmazd, Ahuramazda, Hourmazd, Hormazd, Aramazd and Azzandara) is the Avestan name for a divinity of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed the uncreated God by Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism. Ahura Mazda is described as the highest deity of worship in Zoroastrianism, along with being the first and most frequently invoked deity in the Yasna. Ahura Mazda is the creator and upholder of Arta (truth). Ahura Mazda is an omniscient, but not an omnipotent god, however Ahura Mazda would eventually destroy evil. Ahura Mazda's counterpart is Angra Mainyu, the "evil spirit" and the creator of evil who will be destroyed before frashokereti (the destruction of evil)."
I'm not all that familiar with Persian deities. In fact, many years ago, in an artwork, I accidentally confused Persian Ahura Mazda with Ashur, chief God of the Assyrians; both are represented by a winged disk, but the disks are far from identical. Both are the chief Gods of their respective peoples; neither, however, are Satan.
(Anyway, when I finished it -- two lamassu with the sun disk above them [the wrong one as it turned out] -- the piece was beautifully framed & hung inside the entrance of my home. An interesting side note was that my extremely superstitious & fanatical jehova's witness mother and others of her ilk ceased coming to my home as the lamassu and disk terrified her & she refused to walk past them! Other people, however, commented on what a beautiful piece it was.)
Anyway ...
--- In , "Samuel Beraha" <berahasamuel@... wrote:
Is Angra Mainyu another name for Satan? and Ahura Mazda who really is?
I believe the Parsi religion is an enemy creation.
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Subject: [JoS4adults] Re: Names of Father Satan
Below, in quotes, is the Wikipedia explanation of Ahura Mazda.
"Ahura Mazdā (also known as Ohrmazd, Ahuramazda, Hourmazd, Hormazd, Aramazd and Azzandara) is the Avestan name for a divinity of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed the uncreated God by Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism. Ahura Mazda is described as the highest deity of worship in Zoroastrianism, along with being the first and most frequently invoked deity in the Yasna. Ahura Mazda is the creator and upholder of Arta (truth). Ahura Mazda is an omniscient, but not an omnipotent god, however Ahura Mazda would eventually destroy evil. Ahura Mazda's counterpart is Angra Mainyu, the "evil spirit" and the creator of evil who will be destroyed before frashokereti (the destruction of evil)."
I'm not all that familiar with Persian deities. In fact, many years ago, in an artwork, I accidentally confused Persian Ahura Mazda with Ashur, chief God of the Assyrians; both are represented by a winged disk, but the disks are far from identical. Both are the chief Gods of their respective peoples; neither, however, are Satan.
(Anyway, when I finished it -- two lamassu with the sun disk above them [the wrong one as it turned out] -- the piece was beautifully framed & hung inside the entrance of my home. An interesting side note was that my extremely superstitious & fanatical jehova's witness mother and others of her ilk ceased coming to my home as the lamassu and disk terrified her & she refused to walk past them! Other people, however, commented on what a beautiful piece it was.)
Anyway ...
--- In , "Samuel Beraha" <berahasamuel@... wrote:
Is Angra Mainyu another name for Satan? and Ahura Mazda who really is?
We will crush the heads of enemies Bakdamna forever and will continue to walk to the path of glory and power