Blog Post 22: Extra Credit

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1. Zoroastrianism began to flourish throughout the  during the Persian Empire.

2. Zoroastrianism spread beyond its place of origin because Alexander the Great conquered Persia and  spread its culture through Persia and other countries.

3. Briefly describe the religious experience Zarathustra had at age 30.

At 30 Zarathustra he got in an experence with an angel named"Good Thought, Good Thought"  After that experience Zarathustra recognized "Ahura Mazda" as his only true God.

4. Avesta is the sacred text of Zoroastrianism written by  Zarathustra.

5. The Ahura Mazda is characterized as eternal and universal goodness. The Ahura Mazda controls all cosmos and the destiny of all human beings, the Ahura Mazda is the father of the pathway of the sun.

6.  Ethical Dualism is the belief in universal forces of good and evil.

7. It is a belief that evil exists. This challenges monotheism of the Ahura Mazda. If an evil force really is this powerful to be among us than the Ahura Mazda may not really exist.

8. Truth and the LIE.

9.After death individuals go into Judgement and  are required a crossing the Bridge Separator, which starts out as torment then leads to paradise.

10. The general demands are to lead a simple life of always telling the truth and doing what is right.  

11. The Parsis’ are the modern Zoroastrianism practices, most of them reside in India in today’s world.

12. Homer's Illiad and Odyssey.

13.It means that the gods of the Olympian pantheon have human form or human characteristics.

14.His idea of divine justice.

15. What is an oracle? What is the most famous oracle of ancient Greece, and why was it consulted?

An oracle was a  particular god that held the power to tell the truth. The most famous oracle was Delphi and was consulted because his wisdom was sought out.

16. Three basic aspects of the mystery religions:

  1.Individuals had to choose to become initiates, and they went through some form of initiation ritual

  2.Initiates experienced a personal encounter with the deity.

  3.Initiates gained spiritual renewal through participation in the religion and, as with most mystery    

     religions, hope for a better afterlife.

17. The mystery religion of Eleusion.

18. Dionysus is associated  as the god of fertility. and he is depicted in Greek art with mountains. 19. That the soul eventually will escape the body and also realizes the divinity of Dionysus nature.

20. Plato’s theory of knowledge- we have knowledge of things because of the experience in our previous life.

21. Platonic Dualism-the connection between the mind and the body.

22. Why did Jesus seem to have much in common with the ancient Asclepius?

23. Numina- supernatural powers.

24. Jupiter the sky god.

25. Identify the 6 planets of our solar system that are named after Roman deities.

          1. Jupiter

          2. Venus

          3. Mars

          4. Neptune

          5. Mercury

          6. Saturn

26. Why did the Roman state consider it essential to maintain official worship practice?

27.Mithraism mystery religion.

28. The Egyptian myth of Iris and Osiris was that Osiris was killed and cut into pieces by Iris’ evil brother. Iris looked for Osiris’ body parts, and when she found them she mummified his body parts and that brought him back to life.  When Osiris came back to life he became the god of the underworld.

29.  The type of emperor worship  encouraged by Augustus was  on the genius guardian spirit that he designed.
30.  The Romans believed that Christians did not support the state and Christians did not worship the emperor therefore a clash happened.