Talk:Zoroastrianism

Branches

It should be made clear in the intro or historical develppment that Zoroastrianism they are talking about is synonmous with Mazdeans. Mention should be give to Zurvanism and other extinct branches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.158.160 (talk) 15:12, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Another biased wiki article

"he religion first dwindled when the Achaemenid Empire was invaded by Alexander III of Macedon, after which it collapsed and disintegrated[2] and it was further gradually marginalized by Islam from the 7th century onwards with the decline of the Sassanid Empire.[3]"

The statement above is simply a lie. Zoaroastranism was erracated by the arabs and Islam by the use of sword. Persians were forced to become Muslim, even though the article of course says they were not.

Won't bother changing the article, even though many sources back up this clear statement i just did. Why won't i? cause it wouldn't do any good, wikipedia is biased because of a corrupt leadership and will remain so.

81.170.132.28 (talk) 01:18, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

If you have reliable sources, as per our guidelines, they will be accepted. Try assuming good faith or you'll just come off as a troll that doesn't want to help.

However, I have to say that "eradicated" is a bit off as there are still Zoroastrians. Not some sort of Neo-Zoroastrians, but descended from the old ones and continuing their religion throughout the centuries.

Also, this article is more about the history of the religion, which existed outside of Iran. We do have a Muslim conquest of Persia article, which discusses the various scholarly views.

Again, try assuming good faith and it'll be more apparent that you want to help instead of complain. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:44, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

References in Western culture?

I was wondering if there should be a section to references in popular Western culture. I'm thinking along the lines of Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra, Strauss's work of the same name, it's use in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the reference in Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky (Rod Walker's family are Zoroastrian). It might also include the use of Ahura Mazda's name for a car company and a brand of electric light bulbs.

this should be on one line not two?

Zoroastrianism at the Open Directory Project

(includes a list of Zoroastrian organizations)

99.19.43.221 (talk) 02:17, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

proselytizing

Please link proselytizing to Proselytism under chapter Other characteristics? That bit doesn't have many wikilinks and I feel that word falls under techinical term / jargon. -195.148.29.73 (talk) 08:28, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Adherents Section

In the Demographics sub-section the estimated figure of 25,000 in North American is not cited. "25,000" specifically conflicts with the number estimated in the linked article List of countries by Zoroastrian population, which is 17,000 if you add the U.S. and Canada figures. The latter figure is cited with a New York Times article. The contradiction needs to be fixed with either a new citation and updated numbers, or corrected numbers and the appropriately listed citation.

Additionally, the Adherents section in general needs more citations to be convincing. Trifelin (talk) 19:20, 8 March 2012 (UTC)