To: blam
Parsis, also known as Zoroastrians, worship fire and believe that cremation is a mortal sin and that burial pollutes the earth. So they leave their dead atop the towers to be devoured by vultures, a process they believe releases the deceased's spirit.
Freddie Mercury was raised by his Zoroastrian parents, at his death his rite was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest, and yet he was cremated. What gives?!
6 posted on
06/12/2007 4:25:24 AM PDT by
sittnick
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: sittnick
Cremation is an ancient Hindu/Greek/Roman custom, and I suspect some Zoroastrians might be prescribing to that method of disposal. All three cultures have come in contact with the Zoroastrians through time, so they could have borrowed it from anywhere.
7 posted on
06/12/2007 5:40:05 AM PDT by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: sittnick
Freddie Mercury was raised by his Zoroastrian parents, at his death his rite was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest, and yet he was cremated. What gives?! There are some things even a vulture won't eat?
13 posted on
06/12/2007 1:25:50 PM PDT by
hunter112
(Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
To: sittnick
Freddie Mercury was raised by his Zoroastrian parents, at his death his rite was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest, and yet he was cremated. What gives?!He certainly wasn't a good zxrxastrian, since he was a homosexual and zxrxs believe that is the one unpardonable sin.
15 posted on
06/12/2007 1:41:03 PM PDT by
Zionist Conspirator
(Vayehi kekhalloto ledabber 'et kol-hadevarim ha'elleh, vatibbaqa` ha'adamah 'asher tachteyhem.)
To: sittnick
"Freddie Mercury was raised by his Zoroastrian parents, at his death his rite was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest, and yet he was cremated. What gives?!"
We have Cafeteria Christians. Maybe he was a Cafeteria Zoastrian.
18 posted on
06/12/2007 1:47:00 PM PDT by
DesScorp
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