Zoroastrianism
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Zoroastrianism is a religion based on the teachings of Zarathushtra, also known as Zoroaster by the Greeks.
Zoroastrianism's principle characteristic is its strongly dualistic ideology, which is based on a asha-versus-druj paradigm, which cannot be translated without significant loss of meaning but may be paraphrased as truth versus falsehood, order versus chaos, creation versus anti-creation. The two are absolute and irreconcilable antitheses, and the universal and transcendental God and Creator Ahura Mazda is purely good, and anything that is not good does not originate from the Creator.
The role and purpose of all creation is to sustain and strengthen the order, which can be achieved through voluntary "good thoughts, good words and good deeds," that is, through active - but voluntary - participation in the battle between "the better and the bad." This voluntary participation is the foundation of Zoroastrianism's tenets of free will, which is in turn arguably Zoroaster's greatest contribution to religious philosophy.
