passed they decided it would occur at the end of a millennia.1Although Christians will argue that their religion is monotheistic, virtually all other religions argue to the contrary. Muslims and Jews both consider the Christian Holy Trinity to be clear evidence of tri-theism. This is a view which has great weight to it. If God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are all gods, then it seems logical to say that indeed the Christians are tri-theists. This is belief in three gods is shared by the Zoroastrians, who believe that Ahura Mazda, Spenta Mainyu and Anghra Mainyu are all gods.Christians and Zoroastrians both believe in a cosmic dualism. This dualism manifests itself in the struggle between two non-empirical beings which represent good and evil. This is a corner stone of both religions. The follower becomes a soldier in the struggle for good, whereas non-believers are told they are working for the evil deity. It is also promised that good will eventually triumph over evil at the onset of the apocalypse. All though the two religions both possess this dualism, there is one subtle difference between the two. In the Zoroastrian faith the two forces are represented entirely by gods. The evil Anghra Mainyu against the good Spenta Mainyu and Ahura Mazda. However, in Christianity the force of good is a god, whereas the evil force is a mere spirit (although it can be argued that this spirit [Lucifer] processes many of the characteristics of a deity).More similarities can be found between the two religions when one looks at the issue of the afterlife. Although Christianity's popularity is due to its concept of a morally driven afterlife, it was the Zoroastrians who first came up with this concept. According to Zoroastrian writings, when one dies they hover above their body for three days. After those three days they must cross a bridge, if they are virtuous they make it across to Ahura Mazda's paradise2. However, if they are not virtu...
