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were of equal power while others considered the evil god as<br />

a creature of the Good God. As we can see these are<br />

parallel to the Zoroastrianism.<br />

Thus we see the same dichotomy of unity and harmony in<br />

one and antagonism and duality struggle in the other. In<br />

mathematics, two is the foundation of all division. Likewise<br />

with humankind, the number two signifies man's fall and the<br />

opposition that can infiltrate his being throughout life.<br />

God created the Light on the second day, which divided the<br />

world into dark and light. This clearly shows the divisive<br />

nature of the number two in the Bible. When God created<br />

Adam, Adam was both male and female, an organic unity of<br />

duality. It was later that Eve the female part was seperated<br />

creating male and female. The concept is clearly that the<br />

duality of consonance and disonance, harmony and discord<br />

was inherent in the creatures providing choices and hence<br />

freedom by design of God. While the first sentence in the<br />

Bible seems to shows the perfection and order, the second

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