Two Letters, Two Worlds: What James and Paul Were Actually Writing About
From the Other Gospels series — eFireTemple The Zoroastrian tradition has a precise name for what happens when an institution gradually replaces the original fire with a convincing replica of it. The process is not conspiracy. It is not malice. It is the operation of the Druj — not the dramatic evil of active deception, but the quieter displacement of Asha by things that are almost true, things that are true in many respects, things that function in Asha's place without being Asha.
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From the Other Gospels series — eFireTemple The Zoroastrian tradition has a precise name for what happens when an institution gradually replaces the original fire with a convincing replica of it. The process is not conspiracy. It is not malice. It is the operation of the Druj — not the dramatic evil of active deception, but the quieter displacement of Asha by things that are almost true, things that are true in many respects, things that function in Asha's place without being Asha. The Druj, the Wikipedia entry on Zoroastrianism notes, is "more systemic and less personal" than Western ideas of evil — it represents "chaos that opposes order," "natural decay that opposes creation," the lie that opposes truth not by attacking it but by occupying its space until the original becomes inaccessible.
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