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   chris.s@comcast.net to bkaplanr@charter.net   
   Re: The concept of ultimate good/evil   
   20 Aug 05 16:43:35   
   
   bkaplanr@charter.net wrote:   
   >    It would be in Sumerian mythology.  It predates all the Greek.   
   >   
   Eh... Sumer was really big on the good/evil dichotomy though.   
   Head East and wait a couple thousand years for Persia & the   
   Zoroastrians, with Ahura Mazda and Ahriman.   
      
   Now why am I thinking that sounds like a cool band line-up?   
      
   Chris Siren   
   Sumerian Mythology FAQ:   
   	http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/sumer-faq.html   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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