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To: freedom44
I like it that when a Zoroastrian dies, they leave the body outside for the vultures to eat. It eliminates all those creepy "buried alive" phobias.
4 posted on 07/29/2003 11:22:20 PM PDT by Timesink
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To: Timesink
Yeah it's an ancient belief of Zoroastrians not to bury the dead, b/c it is disrespectful to bury someone inside of a mere grave when the entire body can enjoy fruits of heaven.

I find that to be the strangest part of their religion, but i can also respect it on those grounds.



6 posted on 07/29/2003 11:26:23 PM PDT by freedom44
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To: Timesink
Vultures and crows have just as much right to eat as the worms...

[from some line in a Clint Eastwood movie]

7 posted on 07/29/2003 11:32:21 PM PDT by C210N
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