Zoroastrianism was the religion that developed during the Persian Empire. It was founded by the prophet Zoroaster and promoted the worship of Ahura Mazda as the supreme deity. Zoroastrianism influenced later monotheistic religions like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The main religion in Persia (Iran) is Islam. It is a monotheistic religion. Many people use the term "Persian Religion" to refer to Zoroastrianism, which is the historic Persian religion. Zoroastrianism is a monolatrous form of henotheism. It does not fit into the binary of monotheism/polytheism.
Monotheistic, because the Persian religion was Zoroastrianism which is a monotheistic religion
A:The Persian religion, Zoroastrianism, at the time of the Babylonian Exile was different from the others, with the possible exception of Judaism, in that it was monotheistic.
Their monotheistic beliefs inspired Judeo-Christian religion. Their development of alphabetic writing system was adapted by the Greeks. Their system of legal codification was adopted by reomans. Their establishment of Bureaucratic state influenced political structure of Persian Empire.
The Hebrews may have been the first monotheists in the Western world, but in Egypt there was the Aton cult of Pharaoh Akhenaton and Hinduism in some ways is monotheistic.
No Muslims are people who follow the religion of Islam and Persian is not an religion its a ethnic group.
Persian Americans can have any religion. Typically, they are either Islamic because of their Persian background or they are Christian because of America but they can also be Atheists, Pagans, Hindus, Buddhists or any other religion.
Zoroastrianism was the new religion that developed during Darius's rule of the Persian Empire. It was founded by the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra) and emphasized the worship of Ahura Mazda as the supreme deity and the belief in a cosmic struggle between good and evil.
Zoroastrianism is the new religion that arose during the reign of Darius. This monotheistic faith was founded by the prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) and became the official religion of the Persian Empire under Darius. It emphasizes the concepts of good and evil, free will, and the importance of individual choice in determining one's fate.
Back in ancient times people used to wonder who made the world so they saw the moon,stars .., etc. and these were "above" in the sky so they thought that they were gods and also i forgot its also because they twinkled :)
Currently, most Persians (or Iranians) are Muslim.