DBWI: Monotheism triumphs over dualism

What if, strict monotheistic religions would come to dominate the Old World instead of Dualistic faiths?
I know that addressing the problem of evil would be rather tricky without having Ahriman, but still, it appears that the Abrahamic tradition was quite popular in the late Classical era.

Anyhow, how would a world not dominated by Manesianity and Zoroastrianism look like?
 
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Dualism is an inevitable development of any post-Bronze Age religion. Even the Abrahamic monotheon had to adopt dualistic elements as Satan increasingly took on the role of a countergod.
 
Well OTL, Krishnites managed to dominate the Barat subcontinent. Perhaps, rather than the monotheism of Krishnaism supplanting faiths in east asia, instead their missonaries are more succesful in the west instead?

Ooc: went with the idea that Islam otl caused changes in the philosophical schools of Hinduism, including Gaudiya Vaishnavism (the school that would produce the Hare Krishnas) and thus forms an early Hare Krishna like movement.
Also ooc, what is manesianity?
 
It is strange that the good vs evil had supplanted the man + woman in so many "classical" religions.

In so many patriarchic societies the "godess" was replaced by a (male) archenemy.

And on the other hand those archenemies again lose influence in more modern/enlightened societies and are replaced (again) be the female godess who is partner to the male god.

Could it be that those heretics, that say there is no divinity, are right? - if we consider that the divine can be replaced so easily if society changes.

BTW there is one strange abrahamic sect (the Jeshuaites or similar) that never abandoned the man-woman concept. The male Jeshua has his female partner Maryam Magdalamana. They do not have the concept of "evil" as such, but evil is inherent a part of "goodness" as good can't exist without evil therefor evil is also good. Funny concept - no way they will gain much more support - But they continue to exist for two millenia now... - despite all the progroms against them...
 
Well OTL, Krishnites managed to dominate the Barat subcontinent. Perhaps, rather than the monotheism of Krishnaism supplanting faiths in east asia, instead their missonaries are more succesful in the west instead?

Ooc: went with the idea that Islam otl caused changes in the philosophical schools of Hinduism, including Gaudiya Vaishnavism (the school that would produce the Hare Krishnas) and thus forms an early Hare Krishna like movement.
Also ooc, what is manesianity?
Manesianity= Manicheanism. Due it being more familiar to the English world, declination according to the example of Christianity
 
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