The Prs Religion Author:John Wilson Subtitle: As Contained in the Zand-Avastá, and Propounded and Defended by the Zoroastrians of India and Persia, Unfolded, Refuted, and Contrasted With Christianity General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1843 Original Publisher: American Mission Press Subjects: Avesta Zoroastrianism Christianity and other religi... more »ons Religion / Comparative Religion Religion / Islam / General Religion / Judaism / General Religion / Zoroastrianism Religion / Christianity / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. THE DOCTRINE OF THE TWO PRINCIPLES, HORMAZD AND AHRIMAN. Testimony of Greek and Armenian Writers -- Remarks upon this Testimony -- Extract from lecture on fandiddd -- Dosabltai's interpretation ofAhriman -- Extract from the Dabistdn -- Concurrence of Aspandiarji with Dotabhdi -- Refutation of the reasoning! of Dosa- bhdi and Aspandiarji -- Appeal in nineteen instances to the Vandiddd, with an exhibition of itt demonology -- Edal Darn's virtus of the Devil. Criticism on the interpretations of the Dabistdn, Sharif tan, and of the Sipdsi Sufis in general -- Demonology of the Btmdeshne -- The Accounts of Hormazd and Ahriman contained in the Sacred Hooks of the Pdrsis shown to be impious and absurd in whatever uay they may be interpreted -- Notice of the information contained in the Bible respecting the origin and operations of physical and moral evil. One of the most difficult questions which the mind of man has ever proposed to itself, and which it is most anxiously inclined to urge, is, How has physical, and especially moral, evil been introduced into the world in which we dwell. The religion of the Parsis, according to the views which have been generally, nay almost un...« less