The Rise and Fall of Manichaeism

The history of a religion that spread across the world from the Middle East to Europe and China before going extinct.
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Founded by the Iranian prophet Mani in the 3rd century AD, Manichaeism was a successful world religion for over a millennia and was briefly (before the founding of Islam) Christianity’s chief rival in the West. We’ll look at the teachings of Mani and the spread of his religion from Europe to China, along with its eventual decline and extermination.

[@kamiabghorbanpour2291]

I know I'm super late to the party but just wanted to mention that the Iranian perception of Mani differs from other Muslim countries. I remember vividly reading about him in novels and books as a child and teenager in a very positive light. His death is always portrayed as very tragic akin to the crucifixion of Christ. And the majority of people would see Mani in a very positive way, even our school books that are written under regressive and highly conservative Islamic state don't consider Mani as 'heretical' or a 'madman' but another prophet of God.

[@jars7774]

He would probably be considered a heretic if he were to speak against Islam or side with the Sunni.

[@MrNTF-vi2qc]

What about Zarathustra?

[@kamiabghorbanpour2291]

@@MrNTF-vi2qc Zarathustra is generally looked upon very positively. There are neo-Zoroastrian movements in the society, and even the hardline conservative Muslims see Zarathustra as one of Allah's holy prophets.

[@Farm_Emo]

As a US citizen I've always heard Iran is pretty good at embracing their non-muslim heritage despite Islamic leadership in most countries not doing so. The only other I could think of is Egypt who takes pride in the Egyptian history pre-Greek/Roman/Arab invasions.

[@squarecompass4582]

probably those guys specially this guy is one of the "dark" side. Everything he sais may be interpreted differently. I assume if they rellally did celibacy and didnt eat animals and so on.... this comsology is similar to swedenborg. I dont know why but he always seems happy that the manicheaism ceased to exist. lol

[@sebolddaniel]

Thank you. I am going to become a Manichaean and travel around central Asia trying to convert people. I will let you know on my progress.

[@alanpennie8013]

Living dangerously there. I would keep out of Afghanistan. Those Talibs are a bit narrow - minded.

[@alicemeliksetian7981]

I just would like to thank you, so deeply. I’m Manichaean myself and have friends who are trying to revive this ancient faith❤☮️⭐️.

[@TheLkoler]

I want to thank you very much for these lectures. You are one of the best teachers in this field of comparative religions.

[@manikasraee7114]

I had been taught wrong about Mani. In my country, even thinking about changing your religion is forbidden and will eventually bring suffering. Thanks for making this video, it helped a lot.

[@angel21047]

What country is this?

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

Then leave the country

[@bingbingbaobei]

@@angel21047 My guess is Iran.

[@israv7993]

First time somebody explain this religion in such a clear way, thanks for the video.

[@jameswaterhouse-brown6646]

I hasn’t heard of it . Thanks so much for your work. It helps to take my mind off what’s going on in this period of world events.

[@CateplaRazor]

I just found your channel and I have been fascinated to see the breadth of content you cover. I truly wish I was near the area to enjoy the content and participate in person. Truly enjoy this content and feel it penetrates the “mush” produced by many others!

[@WK-47]

Scholarly yet relaxed, detailed yet unbiased. Thanks for your work. One small thing about the Uyghurs, at risk of sounding like a CCP apologist, is that (as far as we know outside Xinjiang and China) they are being oppressed but have not been entirely moved into the infamous reeducation camps. There are millions of Uyghurs, and I understand they form the majority of the region's population. If the government really relocated them all into camps, they'd have to relocate millions more in their place to keep the region economically functional. Of course, it could be argued whether the CCP values population control or economic growth more, and at any rate, what the Uyghurs are experiencing collectively is horrific and not to be understated. Anyway, I'm just nitpicking. Great content on fascinating topics as always, John.

[@jayliezambella]

We'll, I don't expect much to change for them. If we look at Tibet they have been working since the 50s for freedom and no such luck has happened, and these reeducations and camps were started in Tibet.

[@andrewsuryali8540]

What's really disgusting right now is that the Western ban on Xinjiang cotton has created massive unemployment of Uighurs in Xinjiang. When you think about it, it of course makes zero sense that all the Xinjiang cotton would have been produced by the work camps. Rather, the local population have been the primary supplier of that cotton, and the local population are who? UIGHURS! The ban on Xinjiang cotton is a direct attack on the livelihoods of Uighurs themselves. There's a Chinese Tiktok (douyin) video of an Uighur guy deliberately praying in front of a police station so he'd be arrested and sent back to a work camp because when he got out the first time his job was gone and his family had gone bankrupt and slaughtered all their sheep. He was so desperate he decided to go back to camp so he would burden the Chinese gov't instead of his family.

[@colefowles4003]

I have learned so much from these lectures! Thanks for sharing!

[@thomasallen2515]

Mani also went to the West. He treated the sister of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra.

[@Terrencemaioni]

I am really enjoying your presentations.

[@danwillits7954]

I think the term "Uncanny Valley" could be used to describe the repulsion other religions felt towards Manichaeism that professed to be almost like them.

[@zephlodwick1009]

I've heard the reason other religions hated them so much was because manichees would tailor their message to whichever religious group they preached to. To christians, they preached like christians; to buddhists, they preached like buddhists; to muslims, they preached like muslims; and to zoroastrians, they preached like zoroastrians. This lead religious leaders to see manichees as kind of sleezy and insidious, as they didn't keep to themselves.

[@phillipholland6795]

Phony is probably a more accurate term since he mixed Buddism and Zoroasterism with the Abrahamic faiths to get followers quick.

[@dbarker7794]

Have seen references to Mani/Manichaeism but knew zilch, so this was very informative and interesting. Thanks.

[@susanmorgan9310]

Thanks for this overview I had never heard of Manichaeism before this. It was interesting. I will look to learn more about this.

[@shipmate3577]

Never heard about this before; thank you

[@glenn-younger]

That was INTERESTING! Thank you.

[@jonathanacuna]

This was so fascinating to learn!!!

[@robertarnold3394]

Would have been good to discuss Augustine’s answer about the non equivalence of good and evil. Also the similarity with yin and yang and Manichaeism.

[@maxsonthonax1020]

Same read of "continually learn & grow" every time! 😃

[@nathangale7702]

Great video, Manichaeism also reminds me a lot of the Baha’i faith. I wonder if there was any influence on them, although the timeline probably doesn’t work.

[@samisiddiqi5411]

If it was anything like that I'll be glad it went extinct.

[@nathangale7702]

Sami Siddiqi not a fan of Baha’i? I’ve never heard anything about Baha’i that didn’t seem appealing.

[@samisiddiqi5411]

@@nathangale7702 it's the least religious of any religion, and most of its tenants are the antithesis of what's taught by a true religion, such as "equal rights." Furthermore these folks are notorious for teaming with Israel to push for bringing down the Iranian government (I'm not even saying this because I'm fond of Iran, but I generally don't respect religions motivated by so called "sociological," political, or monetary aims). It should've stayed a political movement and not become a religion in its own right.

[@nathangale7702]

Sami Siddiqi I never heard about all that, thanks for the information.

[@denkard2641]

@@samisiddiqi5411 bahai faith will always be superior to islam. orthodox islam is the only religion that preaches invasion of all of the world in order for non-muslims to pay taxes, or be enslaved with their families. the tenets of bahai are symilar to those of christianity and buddhism. universalism and virtue. while orthodox islam is based on tribalism and violence to the other. the only thing maybe you have a point is that religions should not mix with politics or with foreign policy of governments. but notice that it was not the bahai who started hostility with iran, it was the opposite. once the psycho ayatollah khomeini got in power, he started killing everyone who was not in favour of his vision of a theocratic islamic iran, including bahais, who were peacefully converting iranians, something that leads to death penalty nowadays. hence if bahais are siding with hostile governments is on an act of despair because iran is killing their people.

[@TheNewCompatibility]

I have a 33 degree grand master Mason grandfather, that died suddenly in 1974 and left his books to me. Manichaeism seems to be the middle road that all of the traditional religions seemed to: "had to be erased." The world then was not ready for Gnostics, maybe we are closer today and the book of life will be recovered in Egypt?

[@exoplanet11]

What was in those books?

[@winio437]

Please answer😢

[@HopiBalzmi]

Good lecture and thank you

[@Cat_Woods]

Was a book link ever posted?

[@jungefrau]

It is interesting to me how religions, no matter how distinct they seem to be on the surface, all end up in the same 3 or 4 forms. It's like there were a couple primordial religions and it's all been fanfiction since then.

[@scottmcloughlin4371]

We all have 10 fingers. All our sunsets follow sunrise. We all eat biomatter to. What a coincidence? No. India is polytheistic. It's not "one religion." Same with Greeks and Romans. "Religion" is a technical term, as in "Religious Order." The Old French word for nuns was "religiosa." Christianity is not "a religion." Nope. And it's not a "belief system" or a "faith." Nope. None of those words apply. You are gawking at picture of steaks you have never eaten, tasted and digested. Try that.

[@Matthy63]

@@scottmcloughlin4371 those are certainly all words

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

@@scottmcloughlin4371 What in the world are you on about? You’re in a very strange way arguing with a comment without making your argument relatable, nor are you making any sense with your points. Why are some many fanatics like you, where they literally just can’t seem to be in reality, it’s quite frightening to be 💯with you. That’s if (and a big if) you can even be in reality, and still understand there are normal people who believe in the same God, same Jesus, and the rest of the sermon, Bible study, reading, or talks with God, who know *every thing done, must be done with some self-control and discipline* or all just is lunacy. Good luck and God bless you, praying you open you eyes a bit and can see soon how cultish, and fanaticism can be truly harmful to one’s health and to one whole community and the world. Get it together

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

@@scottmcloughlin4371 by the way that cross in your profile picture is paganism, and that isn’t aceptable in God’s eyes. It’s just like when He says He will spit His lukewarm followers out of his most and pretty much damn them to hell, if you’re gonna go hard, then go hard bro, but know the word of God, whom you claim as the One ☝️ and only to follow, you can’t be Ginny around not walking the walk, and talking the talk. Perch on dude, you’re only fooling yourself, those who have done most their work and know what they are saying, don’t go around convincing everyone of what they know. Sure they are helpful when needed, but those with real knowledge of subjects, even God subjects, don’t chase people down and hit people over the head with the word of God, and that’s definitely something you seem to do, just by the few comments I’ve seen you list here. Peace ✌️

[@realityisenough]

​@scottmcloughlin4371 what a terrible comment

[@albeit1]

Fascinating lectures. You do a great job. One atheist’s opinion.

[@watermelonlalala]

I went to the main library in my city and asked where is the section that would have books on Manichaeism. Ha-ha. The librarians looked kind of sad and amused. No books like that.

[@ArnaGSmith]

Where do you live!

[@watermelonlalala]

@@ArnaGSmith In the land of the graphic novel.

[@albeit1]

The audio and video are out of sync in at least some of this video. The others I’ve viewed don’t have this problem.

[@earthheiress2421]

There are some research telling that Augustinianism/Calvinism(semi-gnostic) was rooted in Manicheanism.

[@philipjeevan]

Some of the ancient Christian settlements now known as apostolic Christianity originated as a Manichaean church

[@USA50_]

Have you done a stand alone video for Buddhism (esp) Western Pureland Buddhism? I would really like to see how it has, continued to influence Judaism/Christianity. Thanks 🙏👍🇺🇲🇨🇦

[@kikum3067]

"Manu" in Hindhuism may be influenced by Mani....Manudharmashasthra and Bhagvathgeeta may be written with Manichaeism writings...if so it is still in India. Bhagvathgeeta by Krishna, lotus Sutra by Avalokeswara etc were of their time writing influences

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Very interesting. Aware of Manicaeism as as big influence on western Christianity.

[@alanpennie8013]

The most notable Christian contemporary of Mani was Cyprian of Carthage (nowadays best remembered for giving his name to The Cyprianic Plague) but their interests were too different for any conversation between then to have been very fruitful.

[@thomasallen2515]

Mani debates Archelaus in the city of Carcharae in northern mesopotamia.

[@syruseye]

Imagine how scared they all must have been to have treated Manichaeans this way.

[@JAllevied]

Yep that's Christianity at its best

[@israv7993]

At one point this religion seem like a better option than christianity. There were manichaean from the western roman empire, to turkey, iraq, iran to central china and afghanistan

[@zephlodwick1009]

I've heard the reason other religions hated them so much was because manichees would tailor their message to whichever religious group they preached to. To christians, they preached like christians; to buddhists, they preached like buddhists; to muslims, they preached like muslims; and to zoroastrians, they preached like zoroastrians. This lead religious leaders to see manichees as kind of sleezy and insidious, as they didn't keep to themselves.

[@realityisenough]

Interesting take

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Eusebius sounds like he's having a fit of madness.

[@bigred8438]

I was looking forward to this presentation, but ended up disappointed because what manichaeism actually was had not been discussed by the time we reached 14:00. It seems strange that you wouldn't provide an actual clear description of their beliefs before comparing them to other religions and talking about those who didn't like them. But we don't know why they thought badly of them because we were not told what the religion was about exactly.

[@USA50_]

This kind of reminds me of Mormonism in a way on my second viewing.

[@dovygoodguy1296]

How would Manichaeism, Yazidism, Zoroastrianism and Mandanism be related historically??

[@alanpennie8013]

Guessing the other three are descended from Zoroastrianism, which is probably the oldest of all Monotheist/Dualist religions.

[@willempasterkamp862]

maybe the old indo-european creation-myth about a divine Twin usually called Manus (the earthling or earth-like) and Yanus (a spirit or pries-like being) is the source. the jewish melchi-sedek or the christian boanerges (pagan walkures) is the same thing. we can also view indian Jainism as originating from this roots. John or James as christian saints is based on the primeordial twin .

[@lennymolotov9144]

Fantastic! With lectures like these available who needs a University?

[@shawnstoudt7130]

Manichaeism should be Taught about more in the United States and have places to gather to learn about it like a Religious temple

[@Scott_works]

Mani was open minded, and the concept that God has sent prophets and messengers to all mankind. This concept is currently explained by the Bahai Faith. I would be interested in hearing your take on the Bahai's. Are they a viable religion to solve the deep and critical differences between Jews, Christians, and Muslims? Do have a class on the Bahai Faith?

[@GodlessCommie]

A lot of people have been converting to Manichaeism. I don’t think it’ll become a world religion by any means but I don’t think it’ll remain extinct.

[@TB-dw8gz]

Wait, I thought Manichees were endangered, swam very slowly and lived in Florida...

[@stephenkalatucka6213]

Mani had scars on his back from propellers. He called for speed limits in the backwaters. 🚣‍♀️ 🛥

[@saradejesus9869]

I'm not a scholar, I just read about stuff out of curiosity, so I'm not claiming any special knowledge here, but didn't the Egyptians have the whole 'gotta earn our way to heaven' thing going on way before anyone else? It seems to me the explanation of the evolution of religion doesn't really work in light of that. If I've missed something, I'm more than willing to learn.

[@JAllevied]

No mainstream religion does. Manicheanism is very close to the egyptian religion you're talking about.

[@jonathansoko5368]

The short answer is no. Also, don't be only of those people who falsely equivocates. Word of advice, go learn, then talk.

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

@@jonathansoko5368 why be a punk about someone making a comment and stating clearly that they *more than willing to learn*… telling the to go learn first then proceed, wtf is wrong with so many people? I honestly think I need an option to turn off my ability to see any comments, on social media, including KZbin. I need a break from the rudeness and hatred amongst so many…

[@sird2333]

You can’t earn your way to heaven. Only through the blood of Jesus can one be saved.

[@AnnhilateTheNihilist]

Do mandeans next if possible!

[@stevenv6463]

I wonder if there is any sense of how other religions try to universalize. For example didn't Hinduism try to become more universal when it encountered Christianity and Islam? And didn't Julian the apostate want to universalize and reform Roman polytheism?

[@phillipholland6795]

It depends. Both Islam and Christianity spread like wildfire becuase they made sense and appealed to billions of people. Hinduism and most of the pagan beliefs were mostly just preserved by locals to keep their heritage, but nobody outside could take them very seriously. The same happened with this Manichaeism.

[@thomasallen2515]

Aren't the Kentaeans non-existent? What about the Cathars?

[@wackyzack1234]

The Cathars did exist but they got wiped out. Idk if any of their own texts have been recovered so a lot of what we have is people writing about them as heretics. The book talks about witches and other groups but I think "Caliban and The Witch" talks about them and their persecution a bit

[@emilbordon1329]

Coolest guy on the internet.

[@chrisp4170]

How is this podcast going to abolish poverty?

[@donalddesrosiers761]

Mostly I think the manichean were absorbed by other religions hence the strong vegetarian vegan presence in Christian Buddhist Hindu and even some in Islam. These strains of those religions are where they were either absorbed or they created them.

[@morrishbs]

This religion seems like the bridge between Christianity and Islam

[@samfraydonanahata2485]

Mani was born in Babylon Iraq he spoke and wrote in Syriac Aramaic

[@thomasallen2515]

He was born near Kutha not Ctesiphon.

[@nicholasr82]

So you said at the start or near to it that people stopped thinking that the universe was chaotic and that lead to new thoughts more akin to ethics and behaviour. That people started to move from the sacrifice mindset to the moral one. But it's not cut and dry like this. God in the bible even says to the people thousands of years ago that He requires obedience rather than sacrifice. The sacrifices were allowed to atone for breaking the laws of God. When a person sinned at this time period of pre crucifixion, they would run to the temple and ask the priest to make atonement for them. Relying on the ability of the priest and the animal they brought for that atonement. The Christian does exactly the same. They sin and run to the high priest in heaven, Jesus and ask for His sacrifice and His abilities to atone for them. They just didn't need to bring an animal. Just watching further. Once again I have to tell you it's not "Jewish" law, it's God's laws. According to the Bible, who gave mankind these laws? The Jews, or Hebrews or Moses or God? According to the Bible it was from God. So they are not Jewish laws. Was Jesus a man or was He a divine being like classical Greek figures? Well He was definitely in the flesh but let me ask you, would Jesus have a full complement of chromosomes? I ask because, His flesh came from an earthly mother from that line of Abraham, fulfilling the promise God gave Abraham and fulfilling the circumcision law, but His father was not a man but God, God does not have chromosomes and did not have sex with Mary so could never pass on those chromosomes we all get from our fathers which is the normal human condition.

[@thomasallen2515]

Ecbatana is not in Persia, it's in Media.

[@alinajafi4644]

Ecbataneh or Today's city of Hamedan was one of the four capitals of the Persian empire .

[@stevenv6463]

So Mani's father was an Ebionites and Mani had an idea that he was an eschatological last prophet that is identified with the Paraclete. Is their any sense that the prophet Muhammad and the early Muslims saw Muhammad this way? Islamic theology is very similar to Ebionite theology and many Muslims would claim that the Paraclete was a future prophet (an idea that some academics believe too ie that Jesus is predicting someone else's coming). It also seems interesting that Islam didn't really try to incorporate Manichaeism (or Zoroastrianism for that matter) into its theology. Perhaps because the prophet Muhammad is making the same claim that Mani is in a sense for himself.

[@phillipholland6795]

Jesus predicted the coming of Muhammad pbuh, and thus Mani does not fit anywhere in the theology as he was an outside influence who attempted to get IG followers by mixing all the popular faiths of his time.

[@mikewilt7857]

Is this where the word maniac comes from?

[@ericsalinas7790]

No, mania is a Greek word and Mani was Persian. This is just a coincidence.

[@trikebeatstrexnodiff]

@@ericsalinas7790 no, mani was an old turkic word, in cagatay turkic language it meant "god"

[@ericsalinas7790]

@@trikebeatstrexnodiff I didn't say Mani was a Turkish word, I said Mani was a Persian living in the Sassanid Persian Empire.

[@clementsingh3700]

What if Constantine had converted to a Manichaeans instead of a Christian?

[@alanpennie8013]

Western Europe (and America?)would probably be Manichean instead of Christian. A freaky thought.

[@thomasallen2515]

Choppy. Looks like you pieced together some wikipedia articles but haven't read any actual scholarship in Manicheanism. Btw, the Muslims called them Zandiks. And like other dualists (Mandaeans, Kentaeans) they represented thanawiyyah, that is, the idea that there is two powers in heaven.

[@heathenwizard]

You make a good point that the lack of long-term official state support really kept Manichaeism from becoming entrenched in the same way Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Zoroastrianism (until Islam came along) did. Though that doesn't explain why a diasporic religion like Judaism survived. Perhaps there's a different set of social, economic, or political factors which explain that.

[@ericthegreat7805]

They enforced celibacy and rejected marriage which didnt help their numbers

[@ericthegreat7805]

Also many kingdoms such as Himyarite Yemen and Khazaria converted to Judaism

[@drtk9300]

Very interesting. Maybe the precursor of Islam in Arabia

[@__Man__]

That's why Zoroastrian hate Muslims, the same way they hated Manichaeans.

[@edudiana]

Beer commercial (twice as loud as the video itself) in a spiritual practice documentary....Sounds like a provocation to us viewers. Shame....it was a good video....must quit now

[@Brian-----]

Awesome video! After watching, my conclusion is that Mani aimed to make himself the head of a new religion, while alive, in a way Jesus and Buddha did not, and even Muhammad did not to the same extent. To be clear, I'm not accusing Mani of wrongdoing or of behaving in bad faith: mine is an observation, not a judgment. But it's little wonder that such a person just would not be fully trusted by secular kings and emperors, who would have worried about empowering a rival source of loyalty while offending millions of loyal subjects of other established faiths. Also, Mani was preaching to the converted, as it were. Early Pauline Christians were preaching to pagans, as were the earliest Muslims, and paganism is just not as widely and fully satisfying as Christianity and Islam are. Early Christian preaching to Jews just did not work well because Jews already had a fully satisfying and theologically valid relationship with the same Abrahamic God, and Mani confronted an analogous problem as the people he targeted, whether Zoroastrians, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, or whatever, typically already had a satisfying theology.

[@dylanroberts3666]

Sir, I apologize. Talking about the Cambodian (?) mass-hack, I know I just insulted you for implying you and they co-operate . I know, I have no idea what you've had to go through to get where you are. I know, to get to your classes, my situation was humiliating and kinda painful. Lots of people got hurt. You know I can hear you, that isn't easy to get. I'm sorry, and I'm sorry for the insult I implied about you when I don't know you. I'm sorry.

[@mazdajay55]

🤠😘🥰

[@jst4funx421]

So, basically, Mani had a strained relationship with his father, he was exposed to Christianity, and decided to go off and start his own copy cat religion to spite his father. Common dynamic. Then after that Mohammad did the same. But interesting to note that only Jesus claimed to be God, not a prophet.

[@yakovmatityahu]

I disagree with you when you say that Manicheanism went totally extinct...i believe that Manicheanism became Islam...it didn't become Extinct....the Seal of all Prophets Mani became seal of all Prophets Muhammad.

[@willempasterkamp862]

@@DomainofKnowlegdia jajui and majui (islamic gog and magog) relate to indo-european Manus and Yanus (the twin-urges or demiurg) of the creation. junyas (malik) & andiryas (sadiq) in arabic, johannis and andreas, Andrew (andiru) often nicknamed Yacub (overtaker, pretender). They are also named in the bible as Junias & Andronicus and Ufus & Rufus once.

[@nriab23]

Honestly I just dont understand how people fail to see the irony in how one man (a Christian bishop) who believes in a god that cannot be proved (outside of taking for granted what is said in a book) would hypocritically call out these other religion memebers for being maniacs and their reasonings as being perverse. One could easily just flip that back at the early Christian church and cry "can't you see the similarities. The Christian church only survives because it had an empire to back it and swords to enforce it and gullible people who need "meaning" from wherever that may come

[@alexandermalinowski4277]

Christianity were in favor of having families and children and therefore advantage over dualistic religions that were against sex. Answering your question, there were few people who were able to think at this level of abstraction in that time. Most of the people all the time like stability provided by the power, anarchism only is possible because there is power that provides agriculture with stability and you get food despite your theoretical anarchism.

[@alanpennie8013]

nriab23 To be fair to Eusebius if you were a bishop you would be irritated by people who had new things to say about Jesus. They were disturbing the consensus that generations of bishops were laboriously working out. Poor Eusebius would have a fairly tough time staying orthodox during the Arian controversy.

[@Knaeben]

For the orthodox Christians, it became all about preserving a power structure: authority and bureaucracy. The spiritual details were almost beside the point. If something in the details of the dogma didn't agree with the power structure, dogma was changed. Religions that placed enlightenment and spirituality as the highest importance couldn't compete.

[@neocount6397]

360 and 12 made sense. 72 made me curious. This is what I found. It is the smallest Achilles number, as it's a powerful number that is not itself a power. 72 is an abundant number. With exactly twelve positive divisors, including 12 (one of only two sublime numbers), 72 is also the twelfth member in the sequence of refactorable numbers

[@Scott_works]

It appears that Mani was the first to claim to be "the Last Prophet" and the "Seal of the Prophets", both of which were later applied to Muhammad. The Bible and the teachings of Paul makes it clear that the term "prophet" is a role that some may accept as part of God's ministry to the people and those who promulgate its vision. With the book of Revelations calling for two prophets to come and prophecy for 1260 days prior to the return of Jesus and the final standoff between God and Satan, there have likely been numerous persons who have claimed to be one of those two prophets. It seems like Islam did not want to deal with that every so often, and therefore declared Muhammad to be the "Last Prophet", which they claim to this day. The Mormons call their leader the "Prophet" of the church, and the Evangelical community is full of quack prophets on television.

[@alexandermalinowski4277]

Allegedly modern Uygurs have not so much in common to old Uygurs. They simply took the old name in order to gain history. Modern Uygurs took over Sinkiang, when Chinese genocided buddhists Jungars.

[@manolsen4868]

I just wonder what your allegation based on? How good do you know Uighur history?? How good do you know Uighur culture? Read and do your homework! Do not read Chinese fake history and propaganda, that aim to destroy Uighur culture and history! Uighurs are the most ancient people in the world! Silk , paper , u-shu , china- all are Uighur people s invention , Chinese just steal and copied it as all what they they today .

[@manolsen4868]

And I will tell you more present Uighur traditions have a a lots of elements of pagan Manichaeism religion, all Uighur national dances include a lot from that period and Uighur fairytales and legends based on that . Chinese illegal occupation from 1949 destroyed and burned millions of ancient books in old Uighur language

[@alexandermalinowski4277]

@@manolsen4868 East Turkiestan is part of China since 17th century. No change after 1949.

[@alexandermalinowski4277]

@@manolsen4868 I am interested in many topics. Based on my knowledge, name Uighurs was taken to subscribe to ancient tradition, so modern Uighurs and ancient Uighurs are not the same people. Moreover, Chinese rule in East Turkiestan is longer than presence of Uighurs there.

[@jonathansoko5368]

This comment section is pure cancer. So many of y'all are so mislead and I'll informed, it scares me.

[@Sumit-sp1fr]

If he was a Jew and Ever read Holy Torah they clearly state in so many verses which proves that Jesus was a man and Christians worship a man and they never accept Jesus as their saviour and even equal to Hashem .. and this guy accepted Jesus how appaling .. Mani must have got certain powers but having power does not means it is coming from Almighty as Jews God says I do not give or share my glory to anyone

[@alphabetpeople2902]

There's nothing holy about the torah, in fact it's the most unholy book out there second only to the quran

[@tadpoleslamp]

Other sources say mani did not mean he was THE LAST prophet, @ least 🙄 0 in the sense Muhammad so claimed.

[@joannamariaochoa6830]

I love you honey

[@avatar8078]

Religions are simply a purely human act. The reason for the attack on Manichaeism is the intersection of interests between religions. Manichaeism was able, in record time, to turn into a world religion, and this caused the emergence of fear in other religions, as if it had turned into a trade conflict in the name of God, whatever his characteristic. Notice: The Prophet Mani was an Iraqi from the city of Babylon and his name was Mani son of batek and hes mother name marry ??????

[@Kalleosini]

when people think of "ASMR" they think of a big breasted young white girl in a deep cut top whispering into a microphone and smacking her lips. But that does nothing for me and seems obviously perverted (in both meanings of the word). This however, this is ASMR to me.

[@vonVince]

OK, kid.

[@Kalleosini]

@@vonVince nice try but I am too nice to take your fight.

[@12SPASTIC12]

How dare you! My preferred ASMR KZbinr is a Korean girl with moderately sized breasts!

[@Kalleosini]

@@12SPASTIC12 but does she cater to horny young men or does she actually do legitimate ASMR? if it is the latter, I would appreciate her channel name.

[@edudiana]

Propaganda de cerveja em um documentário de praticas espirituais. Só um espirito de porco mesmo para ter esta idéia

[@carlosd7768]

At the beginning of the presentation Mani was criticized and also during all the presentation. Many people treat Jesus as Satan and all their disciple were persecuted, and you did exactly the same (this facts don't mean that Jesus was wrong). "The public need to be the judge", not you, this is a polarized presentation from the beginning, you put yourself in the position of a Judge and you already made the sentence.

[@jonathansoko5368]

Next time you have a thought, please just let it go and don't write it down and post it.

[@carlosd7768]

@@jonathansoko5368 Why?

[@rafaeljuniorsierra-9708]

This heresy was anything BUT NOT SUCCESSFUL! FOR IT ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING BUT CONFUSION, mixing contradictory eastern philosophies with the TRUTH OF YHWH's WORD: The "BIBLE" and "YESHUA"

[@willempasterkamp862]

all myth