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To: Mark Noonan

Yep. Zoarastrians were killing off Romans back in ancient times, too, in the name of their religion. Although a compassionate religion, it wasn't exactly a peaceful religion when its leaders saw it as a unifying tool to incite their populations to war.


6 posted on 07/16/2004 12:05:34 AM PDT by DeuceTraveler (Freedom is a never ending struggle)
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To: DeuceTraveler
Yep. Zoarastrians were killing off Romans back in ancient times, too, in the name of their religion

Not in the name of their religion -- Mazdaism, a version of Zoroastrianism was pretty big in Rome too before Christianity. In fact, at one time they were both vying for the same people
9 posted on 07/16/2004 1:00:08 AM PDT by Cronos (W2K4!)
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To: DeuceTraveler

Also Armenians. Ever hear the story of St. Vartan?

http://www.armenianchurch.org/heritage/history/vartan/avarayr.html


10 posted on 07/16/2004 2:51:52 AM PDT by monkeyman81
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To: DeuceTraveler

"Yep. Zoarastrians were killing off Romans back in ancient times, too,.."

A lot of that going around back then.

Romans would systematically crucify tens of thousands of the defeated armies...to crush the spirit of a conquered land.


18 posted on 10/01/2004 8:53:11 PM PDT by edwin hubble
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