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>Exactly what sort of 'Lie' could have made a great prophet like Zoroaster so want to prevent his followers from even hearing it? Was it something he had heard the Magi say when he himself had studied their religion, before embarking on his own career as a teacher of righteousness?
>What was it that Zoroaster had tried to hide?
>What was the terrible Lie?
>Surely it cannot have concerned the Magi's religious practices, or their knowledge of astrology and astronomy. These would not have caused the type of consternation implied by Zoroaster's fanatical attitude towards their teachings. It seems more likely that he was directing these accusations at their belief in the daevo-data, 'the law according to the daevas'. The fact that the Magi had sacrificed animals in the name of Angra Mainyu must have meant that they never denounced his progeny, the daevas, as evil. Far from it, for it would appear that they saw them as equal in power to the ahuras, with a role to play in both the religion of Iran and the affairs of humanity
>Even if this solution is correct, then surely such dualistic principles should never have posed such a terrible threat to the teachings of Zoroaster and his followers. There must have been more to it than this - something that made them want to persecute anyone who even contemplated listening to such 'falsehood'. Might the Lie have been more shocking than history has implied?
