Honeybee
Interesting to have somebody from an Eastern religion making comments.


Others
While I am an atheist, I have always been interested in theology. I am not inviting evangelists to convert me, but I would be interested in any Threads/Posts on religious beliefs, especially nonchristian or non-Mainstream Christian theology.

Many years ago, somebody told me that a Zoroastrian sect or some other Persian religion believed you could be punished in the herafter for being good. As I understand it, they believe that Ahura Mazda (god of light & good) and Ahiriman (?spelling: god of darkness & evil) are in a constant struggle for control of the universe. The outcome of this battle is not known. By their behavior, humans are expected to side with one or the other of these dieties. I am not sure if human efforts have any effect on the final outcome of the battle (It would be a nice touch if the battle were to be determined by how many good/bad guys there are). At any rate, if you side with Ahura Mazda & he loses, you will be punished for not being on the winning side.

If the above is for real, it is probably the only religion which does not promise believers a reward now or later.

Does anybody know about the above? I will be disapointed if I was given bad data many years ago. This is one of my favorite theologies.