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A reforma de Zaratustra teve várias facetas. Seu principal objetivo era erradicar o mal. Ele começou a condenar as doutrinas religiosas de seus conterrâneos. | A reforma de Zaratustra teve várias facetas. Seu principal objetivo era erradicar o mal. Ele começou a condenar as doutrinas religiosas de seus conterrâneos. | ||
A antiga religião, o melhor que podemos dizer, tinha duas classes de divindades - os "ahuras", ou "senhores", e os "daevas", ou "demônios". De acordo com Zaehner: | |||
<blockquote>It is ... the ''daevas'' specifically whom Zoroaster attacks, not the ''ahuras'' whom he prefers to ignore.... In all probability he considered them to be God’s creatures and as fighters on his side. In any case he concentrated the full weight of his attack on the ''daevas'' and their worshippers who practised a gory sacrificial ritual and were the enemies of the settled pastoral community to which the Prophet himself belonged.<ref>Zaehner, “Zoroastrianism,” p. 210.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>It is ... the ''daevas'' specifically whom Zoroaster attacks, not the ''ahuras'' whom he prefers to ignore.... In all probability he considered them to be God’s creatures and as fighters on his side. In any case he concentrated the full weight of his attack on the ''daevas'' and their worshippers who practised a gory sacrificial ritual and were the enemies of the settled pastoral community to which the Prophet himself belonged.<ref>Zaehner, “Zoroastrianism,” p. 210.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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