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Zoroastrianism isn't typically a conversion religion, nor is Yazidism, one of the indigenous religions of the Kurdish peoples. I suspect this "Yasna associatio
by hapless 5y ago
Zoroastrianism isn't typically a conversion religion, nor is Yazidism, one of the indigenous religions of the Kurdish peoples.
I suspect this "Yasna association" and their placement of a Reuters article are both efforts by Kurdish nationalists to draw members to their cause. In this case, people who happen to have some negative feelings about Islam after the recent series of conflicts might find a fused religious-nationalist appeal more interesting than a nationalist appeal alone.
In any case it's hard to see why this is news -- or how it in any way relates to Zoroastrianism as it exists in Iran and India.
- zozbot234 5y agoThere are "reformist" Zoroaustrians who do accept conversion as valid, though you're correct that the more conservative and traditionalist branches do not. Moreover Zoroaustrians have always been around in Central Asia, even though the highest numbers for the religion are found in Persia and India.
- YeGoblynQueenne 5y agoHeh, sorry, but that is such a delightful typo in your comment: "Zoroaustrians". Austrian fans of Zoro, perhaps? :)
- JetAlone 5y agoYes, and they had a schism between "One Piece" Zoro and "Legend of Zorro" Zorro :P
- yeetaccount4 5y agoIt’s the southern branch. Different constellations.
- 1_player 5y agoNope, those would be the Zoroaustralians.
- hazza_n_dazza 5y agoI can confirm that there are Zeroaustralians
- posterboy 5y agoAustr as in East Rome, I imagine, which is all much closer to the cradle of Christianity than, say, x-mas, as I understand it
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- addicted 5y agoYou must be watching too much Republic TV for that level of delusion.
- mangamadaiyan 5y agoIt would be interesting to work out the "how much is too much" limit when it comes to watching arknob/RT.
- pugworthy 5y agoWhy would you assume this is fake news? Please give references or sources that would back up your claims. As someone who doesn't know much about the whole thing, your dismissal comes off as an equally fake news'ish dismissal meant to create a diversion.
- hapless 5y agoI didn't say anything about "fake news," and I didn't make any claims. It is my opinion that the group described in this piece probably recruits people for Kurdish nationalist causes. Lucky for them that Reuters picked it up.
- glitchc 5y agoZoroastrianism does not limit conversions. If that were the case from inception the religion would have never flourished in the first place. Zoroastrians who claimed refuge in South Asia agreed not to proselytize as a condition for staying. That Zoroastrianism is seeing a resurgence is good news for Zoroastrians everywhere. The religion is dying as we speak, due to a low birth rate.
- lolinder 5y agoSource? Everything I've ever read suggests that conversion is a complicated religious issue for Zoroastrianism and that the traditional answer is that conversion is not allowed. There is division and some groups do allow it, but I've never seen anyone claim that opposing conversion had anything to do with it being a condition for staying.
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- mythrwy 5y agoThere are somewhere in the neighborhood of a million Druze, they haven't accepted converts in 1000 years.
- arisAlexis 5y agoHard to see why this is news when most news are about Kanye nowadays? No, the comeback of an ancient philosophy/religion is important news no matter the underlying causes.
- ArtWomb 5y ago>>> In any case it's hard to see why this is news It's fascinating! The "psycho-history" style preservation, and indeed flourishing, in Contemporary America of endangered cultures of the Ancient East. We see a bit of it with ex-pat Turkish communities thriving in NY & PA. And I suspect with the recent influx of Afghan refugees we'll see a renaissance in ancient sources of Pashtun tradition, once freed from the shackles of mythos, and able to engage in free inquiry into their exegesis. ML of "dead" language corpora is key. It was instrumental in decoding Syriac texts. And I suspect data mining of insights into ancient wisdom and digital archeology advances will only uncover more truth, more controversy. "Is this the real Islam" indeed! Zoroastrian Global Glossary https://fezana.org/glossary/ https://fezana.org/glossary/