How Christianity 'Stole' from Zoroastrianism

Before Jesus, there was Zoroaster — and more of your Bible than you think comes from him.

Aug 12, 2025

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Ancient Persian Zoroastrian priest before a fire altar beside a Christian heaven-and-hell scene, symbolizing shared religious concepts. — From Persia to the Bible — how Zoroastrian ideas of heaven, hell, angels, and a final judgment found new life in Christianity.

When Christians attacked Zoroastrianism in the 6th century, they weren’t confronting a strange or alien religion — they were clashing with the very faith that had already shaped their own. Long before Jesus, Zoroastrianism had la…

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