[mrsmith]

"Zoroastrianism or as I prefer to call it Proto-Judaism."

Oh, no one should claim it is "proto-judaism". Certainly had a great influence though- and on Christianity and Islam. Zoroaster produced a very good religion for pastoral and post-pastoral peoples.
But, after all, he only modified existing Iranian ( and Indian) beliefs: the only man who ever had a truly new religion was Adam!

Man has learned from a lot of prophets and wisemen through his history.

"Time before the denial and rejection of this point by the theologically ignorant, 3, 2, 1, "
Hmmm... well, I suppose this statement means something to you.

BTW: Anyone know of a very successful Christian tribal society?

[olde north church]

The countdown was pretty much a glove tossed to the ground. I figured someone would reply with a how dare you, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Actually the Iranian/Indian connection is also what defines me as an heretic, Arianist to be exact. I'm not a Trinitarian. I don't believe Jesus Christ was the son of God, more precisely the Avatar. Any God should have the power to overcome the limitations of "death". If actually the son of God, there truly was not a Trinity, but two distinct "individuals".
Thirdly, all Christian societies are tribal. The tribes are self-defined through political, economic or geographical parameters.