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— The Roman emperors used syncretism to help unite the expanding empire [just as The Antichrist will initiate a syncretistic global religion]. | — The Roman emperors used syncretism to help unite the expanding empire [just as The Antichrist will initiate a syncretistic global religion]. | ||
==Manichaeism== | |||
[[wikipedia:Manichaeism|Manichaeism]] | Wikipedia<br> | [[wikipedia:Manichaeism|Manichaeism]] | Wikipedia<br> | ||
“Manichaeism teaches an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process that takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light, whence it came. Mani's teaching was intended to "combine", succeed, and surpass the teachings of Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Marcionism, Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism, Gnostic movements, Ancient Greek religion, Babylonian and other Mesopotamian religions, and mystery cults. It reveres Mani as the final prophet after Zoroaster, the Gautama Buddha and Jesus Christ [just as Islam reveres Mohammed as the final prophet above all].” | |||
[[wikipedia:Baháʼí_Faith|Baháʼí_Faith]] | Wikipedia<br> | [[wikipedia:Baháʼí_Faith|Baháʼí_Faith]] | Wikipedia<br> | ||
[[wikipedia:Unitarianism|Unitarianism]] | Wikipedia | [[wikipedia:Unitarianism|Unitarianism]] | Wikipedia<br> | ||
— a modern day form of [[wikipedia:Adoptionism|Adoptionism]]<br> | — a modern day form of [[wikipedia:Adoptionism|Adoptionism]]<br> | ||
[[wikipedia:Unitarian_Universalism|Unitarian Universalism]] | Wikipedia | [[wikipedia:Unitarian_Universalism|Unitarian Universalism]] | Wikipedia | ||