火教

An ancient figure who lived in the sixth century bce, Zarathustra taught that the human struggle between good and evil is itself a manifestation of a cosmic duel between the angelic forces of light and the demonic forces of darkness.

拜火教的创始人叫做 Z 祖，是公元前六世纪的人，他的说教是这样的：人在善恶中的挣扎，是宇宙中源于光的善之力与源于黑暗的恶之力此消彼长的体现。

Many of the details of Zoroastrianism are later developments, some post Christian and even post Mohammedan, and scholars are divided on what elements are to be traced to Zoroaster's own teaching.

许多细节的拜火教是后来的事态发展，一些职位的基督教和伊斯兰教甚至后，学者分为哪些要素是要追溯到Zoroaster自己的教学。

This was a common Zoroastrian practice (cf. the " towers of silence ").

这是一个共同的拜火教的做法。

Individuals with little or no education suddenly gave detailed descriptions of Zoroastrian funerary practices and scenes from Hindu mythology.

个人很少或根本没有教育突然详细说明拜火教丧葬习俗和场景，从印度神话。

Moreover, these Zoroastrian archangels are more abstract that concrete; they are not individuals charged with weighty missions as in the Bible.

此外，这些拜火教天使更抽象的，具体他们是不是个人负责的重大任务，在圣经。

It is impossible that the invading army did not confiscate cows - the only sin that was condemned explicitly in the Zoroastrian creed .

这是不可能的侵略军没有没收奶牛-唯一的罪过是明确谴责在拜火教信仰。

If this be the case, as Darmesteter holds, we should rather reverse the position and attribute the Zoroastrian angels to the influence of the Bible and of Philo.

如果这种情况下，作为Darmesteter持有，我们应该扭转的地位和属性的拜火教天使的影响，圣经和哲学。

The magi of the birth narrative may have been Zoroastrian priests.

贤士的诞生说明可能已经拜火教神职人员。

He is the founder of Zoroastrianism and reformed aspects of an older religion.

他是创始人，拜火教和改革方面的旧宗教。

All things in Zoroastrianism have free will and choose whether they want to be good or evil.

万物有自由意志，选择是否拜火教他们想获得好的或邪恶。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。