Talk:Zoroastrianism

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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)

For those of you for who life had NOT been too short to learn German, I cite from the German wikipedia;

"Als bevorzugte Religion löste sich der Zoroastrismus in Folge der islamischen Eroberung des sassanidischen Reiches in den Jahren nach 636 langsam auf. Der Islam nahm als Religion beständig an Bedeutung zu, aber erst seit zirka 900 stellten die Moslems die Mehrheit im Iran. Viele iranische Feste bergen aber „insgeheim“ das zarathustrische Erbe in sich und werden noch heute im schiitischen Iran, teilweise in synkretischer Form, gefeiert. Das bedeutendste dieser Feste ist das „Frühlingsfest“ Nouruz, dessen Wurzeln noch weiter zurückreichen dürften.

Mit der Ausbreitung des Islams im Iran wurde der Zoroastrismus zunehmend unterdrückt und eine Zoroastrierverfolgung setzte ein, weshalb viele Zarathustrier vor ca. 1000 Jahren ins Ausland emigrierten, vor allem nach Indien und Pakistan, wo man ihnen den Namen Parsen (d. h.: Perser) gab. Es gibt heute weltweit etwa 120.000 Mitglieder der Religion des Zoroastrismus (auch Mazdaismus oder Parsismus genannt), die meisten in Indien. Eine nicht unbedeutende Anzahl von Zoroastriern lebt jedoch auch in Tadschikistan. Zurzeit gibt es eine Bewegung in der Kommune, alle dem zarathustrischen Glauben Zugehörigen unter dem Begriff „Zarathustrier“ zu vereinen, um wieder geschlossener auftreten zu können."

That is clear enough, I would say

Lignomontanus (talk) 06:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Since this is an English encyclopedia your point is probably not clear enough. IRWolfie- (talk) 14:42, 18 May 2012 (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.

Rituals and Ceremonies

• Nirang-din Ceremony - Conducted at a fire-temple where the Holy Nirang is created from a white bull's urine. The Holy Nirang is then used in other sacred rituals and believed to increase the power of good and decrease the power of evil in addition it is believed to possess disinfecting properties.
• Coming of Age Ceremony -
• Yasna Ceremony -
• Burial Rites -
• Purification Ritual -

Real cherry pie (talk) 20:29, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Origin

Details about Zoroaster family, his belief and his reforms updated--Rahulkris999 (talk) 17:00, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 June 2012

spelling error: change 'inequities' to 'iniquities' 75.20.189.100 (talk) 05:37, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

 Not done: Can't find it Mdann52 (talk) 10:12, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Obviously didn't look for it. Try 3.4 Middle Ages. Took me 5 seconds and I'd no clue what the problem was. 121.254.85.166 (talk) 17:48, 14 June 2012 (UTC)