A Manichæan, hearing the Atheist, says to him: You are mistaken.
Not only is there a God, but there are necessarily two. It has been
fully proved that the universe is arranged intelligently, and there
is an intelligent principle in nature; but it is impossible that this
intelligent principle, which is the author of good, should also be
the author of evil. Evil must have its own God. Zoroaster was the
first to proclaim this great truth, about two thousand years ago;
and two other Zoroasters came afterwards to confirm it. The Parsees
have always followed, and still follow, this excellent doctrine. Some
wretched people or other, called the Jews, at that time in bondage to
us, learned a little of our science, together with the names of Satan
and Knatbul. They recognised God and the devil; and the devil was so
powerful, in the opinion of this poor little people, that one day,
when God had descended into their country, the devil took him up
into a mountain. Admit two gods, therefore; the world is large enough
to hold them and find sufficient work for them.