From: baird@newstaff.com   
      
   Aydin  wrote:   
      
   > I'm wondering at what point in time in the west the concept of absolute   
   > good versus absolute evil came up (or just the idea of absolute   
   > good/evil). I have a vauge idea that it may be with Zoroastrianism   
   > since it describes "the eternal struggle" between Ahura-Mazda and   
   > Ahriman.   
      
   If the notion appeared any earlier, I don't know of it - though, to be   
   fair, I believe I've read, somewhere, that Zoroaster may have been no   
   more than a "prophet" who codified some already extant beliefs.   
      
   Blessed be,   
   Baird   
      
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