Zoroastrianism

Yes, Zoroastrians can eat meat. The religion does not have a universal prohibition against meat consumption, though dietary practices can vary among individuals and communities. Some Zoroastrians may choose to follow vegetarian or vegan diets for ethical or environmental reasons, while others may consume meat as part of their traditional customs. Ultimately, dietary choices in Zoroastrianism are influenced by personal beliefs and cultural practices.

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As of 2021, there are an estimated 110,000 to 120,000 Zoroastrians worldwide. The religion originated in ancient Persia (modern-day Iran) and has small communities mainly in Iran, India, and the diaspora.

For the most part, NO. Shiite Islam has supplanted Zoroastrianism as the primary religion of Iran. However, some cultural effects of Zoroastrianism remain in Iran and have become part of the Iranian national culture. The most commonly known of these cultural legacies is the celebration of Nourouz or Persian New Year.

Pre-Zoroastrian Iranian religion as similar to the religion of the Vedic Indians. Similar deities such as Indra, Varuna and Mitra were worshipped.

The land we now call Iran is but a fragment of what used to be Iran but wtihin the present political confines, the pre-Zoroastiran people of Iran worshipped a number of deities as well as the mother goddess. In Elam, Nanai and Inshushinak were important and continued to be worshipped locally into late Parthian times, after which they were suppressed and gave way to Zoroastrianism.

In language, the ancient people of Iran, prior to the Iranian Aryans who arrived from Central Asia, spoke a variety of languages belonging to several main groups including Caucasic, and Dravidian.

Persians are practicing the religion of Islam.

Currently, most Persians (or Iranians) are Muslim.

Iranians are a national group, not a religious group and as a result do not have a holy book as such. Currently, most Iranians are Muslims and would have the Qur'an as their holy book. A minority of Iranians today are Baha'i, Jewish, Christian, and the original Iranian Religion: Zoroastrian. Their holy books are: the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Torah, the Bible, and the Avestas.

Zoroastrians are not fire-worshippers, as some Westerners wrongly believe. They believe that the elements are pure and that fire represents God's light or wisdom. Zoroaster, the finder of Zoroastrianism, placed less emphasis on ritual worship, instead focusing on the central ethics of 'Good Words, Good Thoughts and Good Deeds'. Their worship is not prescriptive; its followers can choose whether they wish to pray and how. good? im doin an essay on zoroastrians XD

The Zoroastrian religion is remarkably similar to Christianity, although almost two thousand years older. It is a monotheistic religion, with one god, Ahura Mazda, a 'devil' called Angra Mainyu, who rules over hell, while the righteous go to heaven. The Saoshyant will be born of a virgin and will conquer evil and rule over the last judgement. There is a Holy Spirit that sometimes seems to be Ahura Mazda and at other times seems to be independent, called Spenta Mainyu. The seven Amesha Spenta have close parallels in the seven archangels of Judaism and Christianity.

Judaism's first contact with Zoroastrianism was during the Babylonian Exile, when the Persians conquered Babylon and freed the Jews. This contact could explain the subsequent Jewish that the dead are defiled, and move to entombment of the bodies and subsequent interment of the bones in ossuaries, or bone boxes. Zoroastrians believed that the dead must not be allowed to defile the soil, and must not be cremated, but modern hygiene considerations are beginning to modify their mortuary practices.

I believe it was highly moralistic because the followers of Zoroastrianism believed that if 'you were a honest and moral indivisual you would enter a heavenly paradise' during the afterlife. They also believed that if 'you did something bad, demons would fling their evil brethen into a hellish realm of pain and suffering.'

Judaism is not based on another religion. In fact, it was unique from all other religions of the time because it introduced monotheism along with a number of other concepts such as individual rights, ethical treatment of animals, etc.

It is called a Fire Temple.

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Its found in the Middle East, mostly in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A smaller population exists in India. It was founded in Persia and after invasion from Muslims, some fled East into Pakistan, India, etc

According to our tradition, any influence was only in minor matters, since the followers of Zoroaster believed in two gods, not One (Talmud, Sanhedrin 39a). Also, there were times when the Zoroastrians persecuted the Jews.

Zoroastrianism is possibly the oldest continuing monotheistic religion. Like all religions, it underwent change over time, but an essential feature is the worship of one supreme god, Ahura Mazda. In ancient practice, Zoroastrians placed great store on honesty and commitment. As we find in the Bible, when the Jews told King Darius of a promise once made by his predecessor Cyrus, Darius unquestioningly fulfilled that promise. It would be hard to find evidence of any ruler, past or present, placing such store on keeping an assumed commitment. There are many striking similarities and many differences in beliefs and practice between Judaism and Zoroastrianism. Some of the ancient beliefs of Zoroastrianism that are found in post-Exilic Judaism include angels and Satan. However, the Jews seem to have baulked at Satan being an autonomous adversary to God, as he is in Zoroastrianism, instead seeing him as a loyal servant of God, whose role is to tempt and test the faithful. The modern Christian concept of Satan more closely reflects the Zoroastrian 'Hostile Spirit' Angra Mainyu. The four sacred elements of earth, wind fire and water are found in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrian temples kept an eternal flame, and would protect it from invaders. Traditionally, Zoroastrians could neither burn nor bury the dead, because the soil and fire are both sacred; instead, they exposed the bodies of the dead, so that vultures could dispose of them without defiling the elements. The Jews went through a phase when the dead were exposed, but this was only to allow the flesh to rot, after which the bones were stored in an ossuary - once again to avoid defiling the elements. Judaism looks forward to the arrival of the Messiah, but Zoroastrianism teaches that the coming saviour, the Saoshyant, will be born of a virgin and lead humanity in the last battle against evil. The duality of heaven and hell are also found in Zoroastrianism.

Christian answer: They probably believe bad things happen for the same reason most other religion does. And this reason is because of what is usually called sin. There is a sort of master of all evil and his name is Satan or the Devil. He is responsible, in all three of the largest religious beliefs on earth (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam), for bringing sin into the world because he caused the first humans to disobey God and commit the first sin. And because of this act, sin is inherit in every human being and is often called man's sin nature.