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by Angel of Music on June 1st, 2009

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Would you say that Zoroastrianism is the mother from which all religions sprung? Please provide an explanation for your answer.

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  • by Desiderata on July 27th, 2009

    Desiderata

    I would say Zoroastrianism is just a stepping stone used for some of the current main religions. A lot of the main concepts of it were absorbed by the other Abrahamic religions, but I bet that Zoroastrianism was based on an earlier religion that came before it.

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  • by mrrw on June 1st, 2009

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    It's an old one, but that doesn't make it the right one. Religions were bred from ignorance. Anything that was not understood by our ancients became a seed for religion. It was an explanation of the world made by the most dominant of the group. It became also a way to get along with others making group activities like hunting easier. Then whoever had the sacred stone was the god...

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  • by Razzle-Fratchit on July 27th, 2009

    Razzle-Fratchit

    Seeing as:

    1. Mosaic/pre-exilic Judaism predates it by over 600 years, and none of the OT scriptures show any indication of being even influenced by it;

    2. Hinduism in any of its schools or cults evinces a completely different and even inimical worldview to it;

    3. Buddhism evolved from Hinduism, and rejects the Zoroastrian worldview and everyone of its primary doctrines;

    4. A view of the world as being a battleground between good and evil forces isn't exactly unique or original to Zoroastrianism. It's evident in the Egyptian Book of the Dead and Old Kingdom religion - though there the "dualism" was between civilization&cultivation on the one hand and savagery&desert on the other. Taoism also does so but with a completely different spin on both the forces and the "conflict";

    5. A belief in hierarchies of celestial and infernal spirts is also niether unique nor original to Zoroastrianism;

    6. The only other (once) major Dualistic religion is the now defunct Manicheanism. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are, however, monotheistic, Hinduism is monistic and Buddhism has monistic tendencies and aspects while being fundamentally nihilistic/solopsistic,

    So I'd have to say, NO.

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  • by Anoname on July 27th, 2009

    Anoname

    I know a little bit about almost all legitmate religions but must admit I've never studied up on Zoroastrianism and know nothing at all about this one. Please educate me. What does this faith believe ?

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  • by FaceNthaBackground on July 27th, 2009

    FaceNthaBackground

    I wouldn't say ALL religions but definitely the Abrahamic religions.

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  • by mercurybc on November 6th, 2010

    mercurybc

    , in Islam and Zoroastrianism we have these similarities and much more : Sirat bridge, Chinvat bridge / islamic wudhu (ablution before prayer) , padyab(zoroastrian ablution before prayer) / islamic tayammum(ablution with dust),zoroastrian tayammum (ablution with dust) / ghebleh, keblah / 5 times daily prayer / , بسم اله الرحمن الرحیم ,(In the name of God, the bestower, the giver, the benevolent) / Meraj (ascension) Mohammad and Zoroaster, both visited heaven and hell and saw a beautiful tree in heaven named Sidrah(in islam) and Humaya (in zoroastrianism)/ 99 names for God (in islam), 101 names for God (in zoroastrianism) / on doomsday or judgement day your good deeds and bad deeds will be put on a scale and judged by that...both islam and zoroastrianism have this, but of course first was said by zoroaster / adam and eve in islam , mashya and mashyana in zoroastrianism / hell and heaven first was introduced in zoroastrianism / punished in hell by molten metal / and so on ....anybody with average intelligence should know that these similarities mean islam is a copy of several religions including specially zoroastrianism...don't forget salman farsi a persian who was always with muhammad and originally was a zoroastrian...yes zoroastrianism is the basis of at least all abrahamic religions...If i want to explain it here, it is too long ,google it you will find a lot of similarities there yourself

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