[freedom44]

[freedom44]

GGG

[TFine80]

They need to begin marrying outside their faith?

The Jewish experience would suggest the opposite. Actually, the easiest solution -- a revolution in Iran -- would probably bump up their ranks overnight.

[ppaul]

This is interesting, but news it ain't.
The Persian Empire was destroyed.
Why worship an impotent god?

[jocon307]

bumping for morning reading time!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Freedom44 for the ping. Welcome all new GGG members.

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[AdmSmith]

Here you can listen to Strauss's interpretation http://class-midi.com/ALSO.MID

[Red Sea Swimmer]

I met some Parsi's in India when I was traveling there for seven and a half months in 1991. They took me to the Parsi funeral place. You can't see the actual top of the tower, but the deceased are picked clean apart by the local vulture. It is part of the Parsi death tradition apparently.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

"A new religion and culture was imposed"

Amend that to read" "A new false religion..." If not for this, Zoroastrianism might have continued to surivive and even flourish, and the Middle East might be a saner place today.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

"A new religion and culture was imposed"

Amend that to read "A new false religion..." If not for this, Zoroastrianism might have continued to surivive and even flourish, and the Middle East might be a saner place today.

[goldstategop]

The Zoroastrians are nearly extinct in Iran because they cannot seek out converts and so increase their numbers and influence. Today, they exist as as a small sect in their old homeland and a couple of thousand in India known as the Parsees. Zoroastrianism is the oldest monotheist faith after Judaism and its doctrines influenced the religions that followed in its wake.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[shibumi]

Ping for later reading - thanks for posting.

[Lloyd227]

I have read, although I cannot substantiate, that the "Magi of the East" who came to worship the newborn King were Zoroastrians.

If true, this implies to me that they had something on the ball and knew enough to know the wonderful instance that had been visited on man.

This alone would be enough to cause some respect for them in history.

Cheers,
Lloyd

[Mr. Jeeves]

Q: How did the Star Trek crew get to the Zoroastrian Temple?

A: They drove in Uhura's Mazda.

~rimshot~