Zorro
Posted on 04/19/2019 5:07:57 AM PDT by Cronos
The Persian fire dance to celebrate their new year consists of hopping near and away from the fire to symbolize this balance.
Even the Muslims know that this tradition is based in the Zoroastrian religion but tolerate it for much the same reason early Christians tolerated practices which were brought into Christian tradition by pagan converts such as the timing of Christmas, Christmas trees and burning yule logs.
I drive a (British Racing Green) Mazda Miata; this "constitutes" only Speed and Style!
Miata drivers are non-denominational!
Nothing says death cult like one of the major pagan sources for Mohammad’s ideologies.
My, aren’t we an intolerant society.
Another reminder that America remains a sanctuary for people whose faith is oppressed elsewhere. The situation here is similar to that of the Bahai.
Interesting. Thanks to all posters. Education, history, religion BUMP.
But then Timur e Lang committed genocide against them
Yes.
Zoroastrianism was a great moral monotheistic faith before the Muslim pigs from Arabia snuffed it out - virtually.
Yes it was and had a close historical relationship with Judaism.
Some traditions have the Magi (the 3 Kings) being Zoroastrian.
well, I think only the Zurvanism version was monotheistic.
The initial version is startly dualistic - there are two gods: Ahura Mazda, the god of Light and good and Aingra Mainya, the god of darkness and evil. These are broghters and completely equal just as day and night are equal
Zurvanism saw them both as emanations of Zurvan (probably derived from Vaishnavites).
And there weren't three. The earliest tradition - that of the Ethiopian orthodox Church dating the 2nd century is that there were 40.
only in Europe do they become white, black and east asian.
yeah I know.
Just trying to not start a long drawn out fight over whose viewpoint is better.
“They practice Sky Burial - leaving their dead out (in a walled enclosure on high ground) to be eaten by vultures.”
Cool. Can we do that to the DemocRats? It would be very GoT-ish.
“Can we do that to the DemocRats?”
Its OK with me, but you better ask Mom first.
Zorro
***Yes - the religion of the three wise men (Magis) who brought gifts to the baby Jesus.***
I’ve read that the Magi may have actually been Jews of the dispersion from the Court of Persia.(WORD KEYS WHICH UNLOCK CHRISTMAS by Duane Edward Spencer) An interesting take on the subject.
It looks to be pretty fireproof.
But they have nothing to fear.
Satan protects his own.
It’s only Christian or Catholic churches that are targeted.
The Iranians whom I have met say that they are not muslim but Zoroastrians and they HATE islam.
“They practice Sky Burial”
As an interesting aside, sky burial is being curtailed due to the Indian vulture crisis. There is a NSAID called Diclofenac which is extremely poisonous to vultures. They started using this in livestock in India, which put it in the food chain for vultures causing the vulture population to collapse. This is causing all kinds of problems and has forced the Zoroastrians to stop sky burials. With nothing to eat the bodies, they take too long to dissipate.
That said, Zoroastrians are not chopping heads or bombing anyone, so I am fine with them. Congratulations to them on their new temple.
The First Amendment in action.
So long as they aren’t looking to kill those who don’t agree with them, I’m cool.
“That said, Zoroastrians are not chopping heads or bombing anyone, so I am fine with them.”
Yeah. Welcome Zoroastrians!
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