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{Note that Norman Cohn (above) argues the reverse: that original Zoroastrian dualism gave way to Zurvanite monism, this last influencing Jews. Norman Cohn, Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith, p. 221}
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The Zoroastrian religion considers all men and women equal regardless of creed, ethnicity, race, nationality, religious persuasion, political views, etc. Superior is only the one who follows the path of “GOOD THOUGHTS, GOOD WORDS, and GOOD DEEDS.” In Zarathushtra's message one sees that happiness, salvation, and good fortunes have been the desire and the focal points for all peoples of the world regardless of their backgrounds.
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That is not to say that there are no differences between Zoroastrian (or Zurvanite) expectations and Jewish expectations. Neither the fate of individuals after death nor the fate of the world after the great consummation is imagined in quite the same way. For Zoroastrians, pending the final judgment individual souls existed in heaven or hell, experiencing the reward or punishment earned during life on earth. After the universal judgment they would be reunited with their bodies - after which the righteous would live for evermore on the perfected earth, while the sinners would simply be annihilated. In the Jewish apocalypses the dead sleep until the Last Judgment - but then the sinners will be condemned to eternal punishment. The Zoroastrian vision of a future world wholly good and happy, wholly cleansed of evil and suffering, has therefore no precise Jewish counterpart: in the apocalypses hell subsists, a fearful imperfection in an otherwise perfect world.
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Founded in 1987, FEZANA serves as the coordinating body for 25 Zoroastrian associations and several smaller Zoroastrian groups throughout the United States and Canada. FEZANA promotes the study, understanding and practice of the Zoroastrian faith in North America. It represents the interests of its member associations, and carries out philanthropic and charitable activities worldwide. The FEZANA Journal, FEZANA’s publication of record, circulates to Zoroastrian households in more than 22 countries, as well as to scholars, academicians and religious organizations worldwide. For more information visit www.fezana.org.
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