Posted on 02/06/2006 9:40:03 AM PST by presidio9
Thus Surfed Zarathustra
Ahura Mazda still lives, apparently, in the hearts of 200,000.
BTTT
LOL
What, they don't want to "celebrate diversity"?
Heh. Very clever!
Some Biblical scholars believe the Magi who visited Jesus were Zororastrians.
Who knows?
Internet dating?
Well, whatever!
Dying Religion Ping!
Freddie Mercury was a full Parsi. His funeral was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest. Unfortunately, for some reason or other, Freddie did not have children. He was fruitful, but did not multiply.
BTW, if yoiu read the whole article you might have noticed its failure to mention that Orthodox Zoroastrianism forbids conversion.
Didn't they "invent" individual judgment/accountability, Heaven and Hell as locations of paradise and anti-paradise, the final last judgment of all, and everlasting life in the afterlife?
It's really a shame that the Zoroastrian religion doesn't allow converts. The course of history in the Middle East might have been much brighter if Zoroastrianism, rather than Islam, had come to dominate the region. But with a "no converts" policy, it didn't stand a chance. Probably the result of an off-the-cuff comment by an early leader of the religion, which made sense in the limited context of the time and place, but which he'd take back in heartbeat if he had a chnace.
Emphasis on "fruit."
LOL! I hope that pun was intended.
The only reason this religion is dying is because of persecution by a certain Religion Of Peace® that promises to kill anyone who doesn't agree with them or criticizes them in any fashion. From what I understand, Zoroastrianism is a gentle religion that has no quarrel with the Jews. Historically, King Cyrus is supposed to have returned the Jews to Israel after the Babylonian Captivity, and helped them rebuild because in religion and outlook they seemed so compatible. To this day you will find more people who accept Jews in Iran than anywhere else in the region.
Also -- note they call them Parsis. Anytime you see the word "Pars" you can think "Pers", pronounced like "pears", and it means Persia. With the language "Farsi", change the F to a P, pronounce it as above, and you see you have the Farsian - Parsian - Persian language of Persia.
Indeed. Mithraism, which predates Christianity and has many tenets Christians believe to be theirs (virgin birth, dying for mankind's sins, resurrection, etc.), is an outgrowth of Zoroastrianism.
Christianity does not lay claim to any of its "tenets." What you meant to say is that Zoroastrianism has many similarities to Judiasm & Christianity.
No. I meant to say exactly what I said.
Just trying to protect you from your own ignorance.
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