U8 L7 Zoroastrianism

Question 1

What region does Zoroastrianism come from?

Answer 1

West

Question 2

How many people follow Zoroastrianism? Where do a majority of them live in?

Answer 2

less than 200,000 people, Bombay, India

Question 3

What are Indian Zoroaster followers called? What does it mean?

Answer 3

Parsis, Persians

Question 4

Where does Zoroastrianism have its roots in?

Answer 4

ancient Persia

Question 5

What Greek name is Zarathustra later called?

Answer 5

Zoroaster

Question 6

What is Zoroaster’s other name?

Answer 6

Zarathustra

Question 7

Who is Zoroaster the son of?

Answer 7

• Porushaspa Spitama

- Dukhdav

Question 8

When was Zoroaster born?

Answer 8

600 yrs before Christian era

Question 9

At what age did Zoroaster claim to recieve visions/revelations from God?

Answer 9

30

Question 10

Zoroaster, in his visions, stood before the throne in heaven of who?

Answer 10

the King of kings

Question 11

What do the Parsis call the god of Zoroaster?

Answer 11

Ahura Mazda

Question 12

What does Ahura Mazda mean?

Answer 12

God the Eternal Light

Question 13

What does animism mean?

Answer 13

belief that souls exist in:

• trees
• stones
• stars
• other inanimate obj

Question 14

Why was Zoroaster unsuccessful when he first preached?

Answer 14

too animistic and foreign to philosophy of his day

Question 15

Who was Zoroaster’s first convert?

Answer 15

cousin, Maidhynimaonha

maid- hini- mawn- ha

Question 16

Who was the Aryan prince who became Zoroaster’s convert?

Answer 16

• Vishtaspa

- his entire court also converted

Question 17

At what age did Zoroaster die?

Answer 17

77

Question 18

The religion of Zoroaster was an ethical ()

Answer 18

monotheism

Question 19

Most scholars agree that Zoroaster’s concept of one god was derived from who? Who did they worhsip?

Answer 19

• Aryans of India

- worshiped god Varuna

Question 20

What did Mazda create?

Answer 20

• dark and light

- evil and good

Question 21

Zoroaster conceived that Ahura Mazda accomplished his works through a Holy Spirit called what?

Answer 21

• Spenta Mainya

- Amesha Spentas

Question 22

What are the Amesha Spentas?

Answer 22

• Immortal Holy Ones

- 1/7 persons of Zoroastrian godhead/ Sacred 7

Question 23

Zoroaster explained evil and good existing are essential to the () given to man by Mazda

Answer 23

free will

Question 24

The good spirit Ahura Mazda was met by which evil spirit?

Answer 24

Ahriman

Question 25

According to Zoroaster, redemption from evil comes by what?

Answer 25

good:

• deeds
• thoughts
• words

Question 26

Zoroastrianism teachings went out form Persia into sacred writings known as what?

Answer 26

avesta

Question 27

What does the Avesta contain and speak of?

Answer 27

• instructions for people in phases of living

- final judgment

Question 28

Zoroastrian priests have a responsibility of keeping the () burning in the temple

Answer 28

sacred fires

Question 29

Do Zoroastrianism believe a corpse is unclean?

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

What are the dakhmas?

Answer 30

Towers of Silence where corpses are laid

Question 31

How many bearers carry the corpse to the dakhmas?

Answer 31

six

Question 32

Does Christianity disclaim redemption through good works?

Answer 32

yes

Question 33

What nature of God does Christianity teach?

Answer 33

three fold nature

Question 34

What is the Christian view of the origin of evil?

Answer 34

• man is responsible for evil

- God allows evil but is not creator

Question 35

Did Zoroaster believe in God manifesting Himself in any human form?

Answer 35

no