<P> The religious dualism of Christianity between good and evil is not a perfect dualism as God (good) will inevitably destroy Satan (evil). Early Christian dualism is largely based on Platonic Dualism (See: Neoplatonism and Christianity). There is also a personal dualism in Christianity with a soul - body distinction based on the idea of an immaterial Christian soul . </P> <P> In theology, dualism may refer to duotheism, bitheism, or ditheism . Although ditheism / bitheism imply moral dualism, they are not equivalent: ditheism / bitheism implies (at least) two gods, while moral dualism does not necessarily imply theism (theos = god) at all . </P> <P> Both bitheism and ditheism imply a belief in two equally powerful gods with complementary or antonymous properties; however, while bitheism implies harmony, ditheism implies rivalry and opposition, such as between good and evil, bright and dark, or summer and winter . For example, a ditheistic system would be one in which one god is creative, the other is destructive (cf . theodicy). In the original conception of Zoroastrianism, for example, Ahura Mazda was the spirit of ultimate good, while Ahriman (Angra Mainyu) was the spirit of ultimate evil . </P> <P> In a bitheistic system, by contrast, where the two deities are not in conflict or opposition, one could be male and the other female (cf . duotheism). One well - known example of a bitheistic or duotheistic theology based on gender polarity is found in the neopagan religion of Wicca . In Wicca, dualism is represented in the belief of a god and a goddess as a dual partnership in ruling the universe . This is centered on the worship of a divine couple, the Moon Goddess and the Horned God, who are regarded as lovers . However, there is also a ditheistic theme within traditional Wicca, as the Horned God has dual aspects of bright and dark - relating to day / night, summer / winter - expressed as the Oak King and the Holly King, who in Wiccan myth and ritual are said to engage in battle twice a year for the hand of the Goddess, resulting in the changing seasons . (Within Wicca, bright and dark do not correspond to notions of "good" and "evil" but are aspects of the natural world, much like yin and yang in Taoism .) </P>

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